Case report: Bacillus pumilus–Caused Bacteremia in a Patient with Food Poisoning

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2019, Pages 688-690

  Shah, Mohammad Monir ^a,b   Miringu, Gabriel ^a   Wada, Akihiro ^b   Kaneko, Satoshi ^b   Ichinose, Yoshio ^a,b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; OFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PROBIOTIC AGENT; RNA 16S; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEVER; FOOD POISONING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); KENYA; LOSS OF APPETITE; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICE; RNA SEQUENCE; FECES; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS PUMILUS; CIPROFLOXACIN; FECES; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 85062603609     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.18-0593     Document Type: Article

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