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Bacillus licheniformis as a cause of a deep skin abscess in a 5-year-old girl: An exceptional case following a plant thorn injury. JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY, IMMUNOLOGY, AND INFECTION = WEI MIAN YU GAN RAN ZA ZHI 2014; 49:819-821. [PMID: 25446038 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2014.08.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2014] [Revised: 08/18/2014] [Accepted: 08/26/2014] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Idelevich EA, Pogoda CA, Ballhausen B, Wüllenweber J, Eckardt L, Baumgartner H, Waltenberger J, Peters G, Becker K. Pacemaker lead infection and related bacteraemia caused by normal and small colony variant phenotypes of Bacillus licheniformis. J Med Microbiol 2013; 62:940-944. [PMID: 23518654 DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.051987-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Here, we report what we believe to be the first case of bacteraemia with small colony variants of Bacillus licheniformis related to a pacemaker lead infection by B. licheniformis displaying the normal phenotype. Arbitrarily primed PCR analysis showed a clonal strain. The infection was cured after the removal of the infected device.
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- Evgeny A Idelevich
- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Münster, Domagkstr. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Münster, Domagkstr. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Münster, Domagkstr. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Division of Electrophysiology, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Adult Congenital and Valvular Heart Disease Center, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Münster, Domagkstr. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Münster, Domagkstr. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany
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Mallozzi M, Viswanathan VK, Vedantam G. Spore-forming Bacilli and Clostridia in human disease. Future Microbiol 2010; 5:1109-23. [DOI: 10.2217/fmb.10.60] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Many Gram-positive spore-forming bacteria in the Firmicute phylum are important members of the human commensal microbiota, which, in rare cases, cause opportunistic infections. Other spore-formers, however, have evolved to become dedicated pathogens that can cause a striking variety of diseases. Despite variations in disease presentation, the etiologic agent is often the spore, with bacterially produced toxins playing a central role in the pathophysiology of infection. This review will focus on the specific diseases caused by spores of the Clostridia and Bacilli.
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- Michael Mallozzi
- Department of Veterinary Science and Microbiology, University of Arizona, 1117, East Lowell St., Building 90, Room 303, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Science and Microbiology, University of Arizona, 1117, East Lowell St., Building 90, Room 303, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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Citron DM, Appleman MD. In vitro activities of daptomycin, ciprofloxacin, and other antimicrobial agents against the cells and spores of clinical isolates of Bacillus species. J Clin Microbiol 2006; 44:3814-8. [PMID: 17021118 PMCID: PMC1594774 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.00881-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Daptomycin inhibited 67 of 70 clinical isolates of Bacillus species at < or =1 microg/ml and 100% of them at < or =2 microg/ml. It showed bactericidal activity similar to that of ciprofloxacin against vegetative cells but not against spores. For 2 strains, the ciprofloxacin MICs were >4 g/ml, and 10 strains were resistant to erythromycin.
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- Diane M Citron
- Microbial Research Lab, 2G-24, LAC+USC Medical Center, 1801 Marengo Street, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.
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Quan J, Darer JD, Sewell DL, Strausbaugh LJ. Pacemaker wire infection caused by Bacillus licheniformis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2000. [DOI: 10.1016/s0196-4399(00)80004-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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‘Splinter in the mind’: a case of penetrating periorbital injury. J Clin Neurosci 1997; 4:255-7. [DOI: 10.1016/s0967-5868(97)90084-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/1993] [Accepted: 06/17/1994] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Santini F, Borghetti V, Amalfitano G, Mazzucco A. Bacillus licheniformis prosthetic aortic valve endocarditis. J Clin Microbiol 1995; 33:3070-3. [PMID: 8576381 PMCID: PMC228642 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.33.11.3070-3073.1995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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A 73-year old man developed an acute prosthetic aortic valve dehiscence for which emergent operation was undertaken. The intraoperative evidence of an aortic annular disruption and of a subannular abscess led to the hypothesis that an endocarditis process was involved. The aortic valve was replaced with a stentless porcine bioprosthesis. Cultures taken intraoperatively from the aortic area had a pure growth of aerobic, spore-forming, gram-positive bacilli identified as Bacillus licheniformis. The patient responded to specific antibiotic therapy with no relapse at a 20-month follow-up. The potentiality of B. licheniformis as a pathogen should be reconsidered.
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- F Santini
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Verona Medical School, Italy
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Bert F, Ouahes O, Lambert-Zechovsky N. Brain abscess due to Bacillus macerans following a penetrating periorbital injury. J Clin Microbiol 1995; 33:1950-3. [PMID: 7665681 PMCID: PMC228310 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.33.7.1950-1953.1995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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We report a case of a brain abscess due to Bacillus macerans and Clostridium sp. following a penetrating periorbital injury by a wooden branch. Intracranial penetration by and retention of a foreign body were not suspected initially, and neurological symptoms developed only 2.5 months later. Previously reported cases of brain abscesses due to Bacillus species are reviewed.
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- F Bert
- Department of Microbiology, Hôpital Beaujon, Clichy, France
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