Persistent Bacillus cereus Bacteremia in 3 Persons Who Inject Drugs, San Diego, California, USA.

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Schaefer, Gabrielle

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Campbell, Wesley

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Jenks, Jeffrey

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Beesley, Cari

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Katsivas, Theodoros

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Hoffmaster, Alex

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Mehta, Sanjay R

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Reed, Sharon

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2023-08-01T18:01:01Z

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2023-08-01T18:01:01Z

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2016-09

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2023-08-01T18:01:01Z

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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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1080-6040

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1080-6059

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https://hdl.handle.net/10161/28633

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eng

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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Emerging infectious diseases

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10.3201/eid2209.150647

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Humans

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Bacillus cereus

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Bacteremia

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Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections

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Substance Abuse, Intravenous

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Alleles

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Genes, Bacterial

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Adult

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Middle Aged

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California

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Female

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Male

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Drug Users

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Young Adult

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Multilocus Sequence Typing

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Persistent Bacillus cereus Bacteremia in 3 Persons Who Inject Drugs, San Diego, California, USA.

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Journal article

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Jenks, Jeffrey|0000-0001-6632-9587

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1621

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1623

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9

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Duke

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School of Medicine

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Clinical Science Departments

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Medicine

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Medicine, Infectious Diseases

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Published

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22

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