title: Pacemaker-associated Bacillus cereus endocarditis.
abstract: We report the case of a pacemaker-associated Bacillus cereus endocarditis in a nonimmunocompromised patient. Antibiotic treatment was ineffective, and the pacemaker had to be removed. B. cereus was cultured from several blood samples and from the pacemaker electrodes. This case underlines the contribution of the rpoB gene for Bacillus species determination.
authors.affiliation: CHU Limoges, Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Virologie-Hygièfne, 2 Av. Martin Luther King, F-87042 Limoges, France.
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Barraud
authors.forename: Nadia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hidri
authors.forename: Kim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ly
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pichon
authors.forename: Petrus
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Manea
authors.forename: Marie-Cécile
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Ploy
authors.forename: Fabien
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Garnier
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001409:Bacillus cereus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D017211:Treatment Failure
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents