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Persistent Bacillus cereus Bacteremia in 3 Persons Who Inject Drugs, San Diego, California, USA.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Sept 2016
Schaefer Gabrielle, Campbell Wesley, Jenks Jeffrey, Beesley Cari, Katsivas Theodoros, Hoffmaster Alex, Mehta Sanjay R, Reed Sharon
Abstract excerpt
Bacillus cereus is typically considered a blood culture contaminant; however, its presence in blood cultures can indicate true bacteremia. We report 4 episodes of B. cereus bacteremia in 3 persons who inject drugs. Multilocus sequence typing showed that the temporally associated infections were caused by unrelated clones.
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