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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 02 1997, 504-507, Vol 35, No. 2
Copyright © 1997 by the American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Fulminating bacteremia and pneumonia due to Bacillus cereus [published erratum appears in J Clin Microbiol 1997 May;35(5):1294]

JM Miller, JG Hair, M Hebert, L Hebert, FJ Roberts Jr and RS Weyant
Hospital Infections Program, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

We present two cases of rapidly progressing, fatal pneumonia caused by Bacillus cereus. These cases are interesting in that B. cereus, even from blood or sputum specimens, may often be considered a contaminant and receive inadequate attention. Also of interest was the fact that the two patients resided in the same area of the state, were welders by trade, and became ill within a few days of each other, yet there was no epidemiologic link between them.


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