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

2016; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Volume: 22; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3201/eid2209.150647

1080-6059

Gabrielle Schaefer, Wesley Campbell, Jeffrey D. Jenks, Cari A. Beesley, Theodoros Katsivas, Alex R. Hoffmaster, Sanjay R. Mehta, Sharon L. Reed,

Bacteriophages and microbial interactions

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.