title: Liver abscess and sepsis with Bacillus pantothenticus in an immunocompetent patient: a first case report.
abstract: Bacillus species are aerobic, gram-positive, spore forming rods that are usually found in the soil, dust, streams, and other environmental sources. Except for Bacillus. anthracis (B. anthracis), most species display low virulence, and only rarely cause infections in hosts with weak or damaged immune systems. There are two case reports of B. cereus as a potentially serious bacterial pathogen causing a liver abscess in an immunologically competent patient. We herein report a case of liver abscess and sepsis caused by B. pantothenticus in an immunocompetent patient. Until now, no case of liver abscess due to B. pantothenticus has been reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Eulji University College of Medicine, 1306 Dunsandong, Seogu, Daejeon 302-799, South Korea.
authors.forename: Jung Sik
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Na
authors.forename: Tae Hyung
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Heung Su
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sang Hyun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Ho Sup
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Sang Woo
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Cha
authors.forename: Hee Jung
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Yoon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016863:Bacillaceae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D001407:Bacillus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents