Report of a rare case of sepsis caused by Bacillus pumilus in an immunocompetent child with the involvement of soft tissues cellulitis
<em>Bacillus</em> <em>pumilus</em> is an environmental contaminant, rarely associated with human diseases. In this report we describe a case of a severe sepsis caused by B. pumilus in a 7-year-old healthy child. The microorganism has been isolated from two blood cultures and...
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| description | <em>Bacillus</em> <em>pumilus</em> is an environmental contaminant, rarely associated with human diseases. In this report we describe a case of a severe sepsis caused by B. pumilus in a 7-year-old healthy child. The microorganism has been isolated from two blood cultures and has been identified using both biochemical tests and mass spectrometry. The patient fully recovered after an ampicillin treatment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-38b15ed06dba492898f6396fba8c743b2022-12-21T23:16:00ZengPAGEPress PublicationsMicrobiologia Medica2280-64232016-12-0131410.4081/mm.2016.62895067Report of a rare case of sepsis caused by Bacillus pumilus in an immunocompetent child with the involvement of soft tissues cellulitisLibera Clemente0Dana Dragovic1Cristina Milocco2Francesco Fontana3Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry and Microbiological Analysis AAS2, Bassa Friulana-Isontina General Hospital, S. Polo Monfalcone (GO)Pediatric Ward AAS2, Bassa Friulana Isontina General Hospital, S. Polo Monfalcone (GO)Pediatric Ward AAS2, Bassa Friulana Isontina General Hospital, S. Polo Monfalcone (GO)Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry and Microbiological Analysis AAS2, Bassa Friulana-Isontina General Hospital, S. Polo Monfalcone (GO)<em>Bacillus</em> <em>pumilus</em> is an environmental contaminant, rarely associated with human diseases. In this report we describe a case of a severe sepsis caused by B. pumilus in a 7-year-old healthy child. The microorganism has been isolated from two blood cultures and has been identified using both biochemical tests and mass spectrometry. The patient fully recovered after an ampicillin treatment.http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/mm/article/view/6289B. pumilus, sepsis, contamination, true pathogen |
| spellingShingle | Libera Clemente Dana Dragovic Cristina Milocco Francesco Fontana Report of a rare case of sepsis caused by Bacillus pumilus in an immunocompetent child with the involvement of soft tissues cellulitis Microbiologia Medica B. pumilus, sepsis, contamination, true pathogen |
| title | Report of a rare case of sepsis caused by Bacillus pumilus in an immunocompetent child with the involvement of soft tissues cellulitis |
| title_full | Report of a rare case of sepsis caused by Bacillus pumilus in an immunocompetent child with the involvement of soft tissues cellulitis |
| title_fullStr | Report of a rare case of sepsis caused by Bacillus pumilus in an immunocompetent child with the involvement of soft tissues cellulitis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Report of a rare case of sepsis caused by Bacillus pumilus in an immunocompetent child with the involvement of soft tissues cellulitis |
| title_short | Report of a rare case of sepsis caused by Bacillus pumilus in an immunocompetent child with the involvement of soft tissues cellulitis |
| title_sort | report of a rare case of sepsis caused by bacillus pumilus in an immunocompetent child with the involvement of soft tissues cellulitis |
| topic | B. pumilus, sepsis, contamination, true pathogen |
| url | http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/mm/article/view/6289 |
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