You can’t b. cereus: an unusual presentation of bacillus cereus

  • Authors

    • Laura Hamant University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix
    • Farmin Samareh-Jahani University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix
    • Paul Muna Aguon MD Banner University Medical Center-Phoenix
    • Brenen Swofford DO Banner University Medical Center-Phoenix
    • Thomas Marston MD Banner University Medical Center-Phoenix
    • Alisha Nanda MD Banner University Medical Center-Phoenix
    • Julie Crawford MD Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center
    2018-09-10
    https://doi.org/10.14419/ijm.v6i1.12578
  • Bacillus Cereus, B. Cereus, Bacteremia, Immunocompromised, Type II Diabetes.

  • We present a case of a 74-year- old male with a complicated medical history who was admitted to the

    We present a case of a 74-year-old male with a complicated medical history who was admitted to the medical floor for evaluation and management of failure to thrive and malnutrition. On hospital day 9 he became febrile and blood cultures were found to be positive for B. cereus and Enterobacter cloacae, which were persistent. He had an extensive negative workup for the cause of his bacteremia, however, we present a number of possibilities from his presentation and a literature review. Our case was consistent with other cases in the literature as our patient could be considered immunocompromised secondary to malnutrition and type II diabetes. B. cereus in blood cultures is often considered a contaminant but can be true bacteremia and should be worked up if multiple blood cultures are positive or if there is a clinical suspicion.

     

     

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    Hamant, L., Samareh-Jahani, F., Muna Aguon MD, P., Swofford DO, B., Marston MD, T., Nanda MD, A., & Crawford MD, J. (2018). You can’t b. cereus: an unusual presentation of bacillus cereus. International Journal of Medicine, 6(2), 16-17. https://doi.org/10.14419/ijm.v6i1.12578