Bacillus sphaericus bacteraemia in children with cancer: case reports and literature review

Bacillus spp. among hospitalized patients with haematological malignancies: clinical features, epidemics and outcomes

“…infections reported in the medical literature are extremely high, but a lower rate of nearly 5% was reported in 2001. 33 B. cereus is the most frequently isolated species. 13 Two deaths occurred in the present study.…”

Severe Sepsis Secondary to Persistent Lysinibacillus sphaericus, Lysinibacillus fusiformis and Paenibacillus amylolyticus Bacteremia

“…and often regarded as environmental contaminants when isolated in the clinical microbiology laboratory, although their potential to cause human disease has been documented. 1,2 The introduction of reliable identification techniques such as matrix-assisted laser desorption and ionization time-of-flight mass spectroscopy and 16S rRNA gene sequencing allows for accurate delineation of potentially pathogenic bacteria. We report a case of severe sepsis caused by persistent Lysinibacillus and Paenibacillus bacteremia in a patient with a history of intravenous drug abuse and splenectomy.…”

In Vitro Activities of Daptomycin, Ciprofloxacin, and Other Antimicrobial Agents against the Cells and Spores of Clinical Isolates of Bacillus Species

“…A-051, 2004). We investigated the activities of daptomycin against Bacillus cereus and other Bacillus species since these organisms are increasingly being implicated in gastrointestinal disease and various other serious infections, such as bacteremia (2,4,13,14,16), meningitis (5,13), pneumonia (12), endophthalmitis (11,20), periodontitis (15), and other infections (1,9,10,17,18,21), especially in immunocompromised patients.…”