Liver abscess and sepsis with Bacillus pantothenticus in an immunocompetent patient: a first case report.
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.
Na
Jung Sik
JS
Department of Internal Medicine, Eulji University College of Medicine, 1306 Dunsandong, Seogu, Daejeon 302-799, South Korea.
Kim
Tae Hyung
TH
Kim
Heung Su
HS
Park
Sang Hyun
SH
Song
Ho Sup
HS
Cha
Sang Woo
SW
Yoon
Hee Jung
HJ
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
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents