Pseudomembranous Tracheobronchitis Due toBacillus cereus | Zendy

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Pseudomembranous Tracheobronchitis Due toBacillus cereus

Author(s) -

Richard Strauß,

Andreas Mueller,

Markus Wehler,

Daniel Neureiter,

Edgar Fischer,

Martin Gramatzki,

E G Hahn

Publication year - 2001

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - Uncategorized

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/322674

Subject(s) - medicine , bacillus cereus , pneumonia , microbiology and biotechnology , immunology , biology , bacteria , genetics

We present a case of a rapidly progressive pseudomembranous tracheobronchitis and pneumonia in a 52-year-old woman with severe aplastic anemia. Bacillus cereus was isolated from bronchoalveolar lavage fluids, blood cultures, and pseudomembrane biopsy specimens; despite intensive antibiotic treatment, the patient's condition deteriorated rapidly. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a B. cereus infection that has caused pseudomembranous tracheobronchitis, possibly because of the production of bacterial toxins.

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