Bacillus cereus Endocarditis in an Addict
Authors: CHARLES P. CRAIG
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1974)

Letters1 March 1974Bacillus cereus Endocarditis in an AddictCHARLES P. CRAIG, M.D., WIE-SHING LEE, PH.D., MONTO HO, M.D.CHARLES P. CRAIG, M.D., WIE-SHING LEE, PH.D., MONTO HO, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-80-3-418 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTo the editor: Except for Bacillus anthracis, bacilli are not usually considered pathogenic. Despite the increasing role of saprophytes in bacteremic infections, reports of systemic infections due to bacilli are uncommon. We believe this is the first report of Bacillus cereus bacteremia and endocarditis in a drug addict.An 18-year-old girl, a heroin addict, had had burning pleuritic pain, fever, and diaphoresis for 24 hours. During an admission 2 months earlier, because of angiothrombotic pulmonary hypertension from intravenous talc, she had a white-centered conjunctival petechia and fever but sterile blood cultures; catheterization showed an atrial septal defect.On admission she...References1. CLARK V: An evaluation of antibiotic prophylaxis in cardiac catheterization. Am Health J 77:767-771, 1969 Google Scholar2. FARRAR E: Serious infections due to "non-pathogenic" organisms of the genus bacillus. Am J Med 34:134-141, Jan, 1963 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. FINLANDBARNES MM: Changing etiology of bacterial endocarditis in the antibacterial era. Ann Intern Med 72:341-348, 1970 LinkGoogle Scholar4. BONVENTREECKERT PN: The biologic activities of Bacillus anthracis and Bacillus cereus culture filtrates. Am J Pathol 43:201-211, 1963 MedlineGoogle Scholar5. COONRODLEADLEYEICKHOFF JPT: Antibiotic susceptibility of bacillus species. J Infect Dis 123:102-105, 1971 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byThe Food Poisoning Toxins of Bacillus cereusA Case Series and Review of Bacillus Cereus Endocarditis from IndiaVirulence Gene Regulation in Bacillus anthracis and Other Bacillus cereus Group SpeciesBacillus Species Outside the Bacillus cereus GroupBacillus cereus Bacteremia and Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass SpectrometryIntravenous Drug Abuse by Patients Inside the Hospital: A Cause for Sustained BacteremiaInfective endocarditis due to Bacillus cereus in a pregnant female: A case report and literature reviewIsolation and Characterization of Phages Infecting Bacillus subtilisBacillus cereus endocarditis in native aortic valvePacemaker-associated Bacillus cereus endocarditisNative Valve Bacillus cereus Endocarditis in a Non-Intravenous-Drug-Abusing PatientA Case of Native Valve Infective Endocarditis Caused by Bacillus cereusBacillus anthracis Virulence Gene RegulationBacillus cereus , a Volatile Human PathogenAn Extracytoplasmic Function Sigma Factor Controls β-Lactamase Gene Expression in Bacillus anthracis and Other Bacillus cereus Group SpeciesBacillus CereusEndocarditis in a permanent pacemaker: a case reportThe Genus Bacillus—MedicalBacillus licheniformis prosthetic aortic valve endocarditisBacillus cereus and related speciesEndocarditis in the emergency departmentBacillus SpeciesInfections Due to Nonanthrax Bacillus Species, Kurthia, and RothiaToxigenic Bacillus cereus as a cause of wound infections in the tropicsTHE SACRO-ILIAC JOINT AND BACKACHEBACILLUS CEREUS AS A SYSTEMIC PATHOGENGram-Positive PneumoniasInfective endocarditis in the narcotic addictSevere clinical conditions associated with Bacillus cereus and the apparent involvement of exotoxins.A case of Bacillus cereus bacteraemia.Eine t�dlich verlaufene Lebensmittelvergiftung durch Bacillus cereus 1 March 1974Volume 80, Issue 3Page: 418-419KeywordsAddictsBacillusCatheterizationEndocarditisFeversHeroinPainPathogensPulmonary hypertensionTalc Issue Published: 1 March 1974 PDF downloadLoading ...