Citation
R. Strauss et al., Pseudomembranous tracheobronchitis due to Bacillus cereus, CLIN INF D, 33(5), 2001, pp. E39-E41
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease",Immunology
Journal title
CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES
ISSN journal
10584838
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Volume
33
Issue
5
Year of publication
2001
Pages
E39 - E41
Database
ISI
SICI code
1058-4838(200109)33:5<E39:PTDTBC>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
We present a case of a rapidly progressive pseudomembranous tracheobronchit
is and pneumonia in a 52-year-old woman with severe aplastic anemia. Bacill
us 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 t
he first report of a B. cereus infection that has caused pseudomembranous t
racheobronchitis, possibly because of the production of bacterial toxins.