Fatal sepsis by Bacillus circulans in an immunocompromised patient

Fatal sepsis by Bacillus circulans in an immunocompromised patient

An immunosuppressed man was admitted to hospital with diarrhea and a history of urinary tract infection. He was subjected to treatment with antibiotics. The patient died of putative severe sepsis. The etiological agent was a carbapenemase producing isolate of Bacillus circulans with resistance to al...

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Main Authors: M Alebouyeh, P Gooran Orimi, M Azimi-rad, M Tajbakhsh, E Tajeddin, S Jahani Sherafat, E Nazemalhosseini mojarad, MR Zali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2011-09-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Microbiology
Subjects:
Bacillus circulans
immunocompromised
Online Access:https://ijm.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijm/article/view/106

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