Persistent Bacillus cereus Bacteremia in 3 Persons Who Inject Drugs, San Diego, California, USA.
dc.contributor.author | Schaefer, Gabrielle | |
dc.contributor.author | Campbell, Wesley | |
dc.contributor.author | Jenks, Jeffrey | |
dc.contributor.author | Beesley, Cari | |
dc.contributor.author | Katsivas, Theodoros | |
dc.contributor.author | Hoffmaster, Alex | |
dc.contributor.author | Mehta, Sanjay R | |
dc.contributor.author | Reed, Sharon | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-08-01T18:01:01Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-08-01T18:01:01Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-09 | |
dc.date.updated | 2023-08-01T18:01:01Z | |
dc.description.abstract | 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. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1080-6040 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1080-6059 | |
dc.identifier.uri | ||
dc.language | eng | |
dc.publisher | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Emerging infectious diseases | |
dc.relation.isversionof | 10.3201/eid2209.150647 | |
dc.subject | Humans | |
dc.subject | Bacillus cereus | |
dc.subject | Bacteremia | |
dc.subject | Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections | |
dc.subject | Substance Abuse, Intravenous | |
dc.subject | Alleles | |
dc.subject | Genes, Bacterial | |
dc.subject | Adult | |
dc.subject | Middle Aged | |
dc.subject | California | |
dc.subject | Female | |
dc.subject | Male | |
dc.subject | Drug Users | |
dc.subject | Young Adult | |
dc.subject | Multilocus Sequence Typing | |
dc.title | Persistent Bacillus cereus Bacteremia in 3 Persons Who Inject Drugs, San Diego, California, USA. | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
duke.contributor.orcid | Jenks, Jeffrey|0000-0001-6632-9587 | |
pubs.begin-page | 1621 | |
pubs.end-page | 1623 | |
pubs.issue | 9 | |
pubs.organisational-group | Duke | |
pubs.organisational-group | School of Medicine | |
pubs.organisational-group | Clinical Science Departments | |
pubs.organisational-group | Medicine | |
pubs.organisational-group | Medicine, Infectious Diseases | |
pubs.publication-status | Published | |
pubs.volume | 22 |