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Clin Infect Dis
; 44(3): 414-6, 2007 Feb 01.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-17205450
RESUMEN
Bacillus cereus pneumonia is unusual in nonimmunocompromised hosts. We describe fatal cases in 2 metalworkers and the associated investigation. Anthrax toxin genes were identified in B. cereus isolates from both patients using polymerase chain reaction. Finding anthrax toxin genes in non-Bacillus anthracis isolates has, to our knowledge, only been reported once previously.