Fatal sepsis by Bacillus circulans in an immunocompromised patient.

ABSTRACT: 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 all prescribed antimicrobial agents.

SUBMITTER: Alebouyeh M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3279812 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature