Association between tea ingestion and invasive Bacillus cereus infection among children with cancer.
Bacillus cereus is an emerging pathogen that causes invasive disease in immunocompromised hosts. A case-control study, prompted by a clinical case, demonstrated an association between dietary tea ingestion and B. cereus bacteremia. Policies designed to interrupt transmission of this pathogen to susceptible patients should be considered.
El Saleeby
C M
CM
Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105, USA. chadi.elsaleeby@stjude.org
Howard
S C
SC
Hayden
R T
RT
McCullers
J A
JA
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001409:Bacillus cereus; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D001628:Beverages / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*