Bacillus cereus Typhlitis in a Patient with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Joint Authors
Nanjappa, Sowmya
Greene, John N.
Denham, James D.
Source
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-03-11
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Bacillus cereus is a Gram-positive rod that is now recognized as a rare cause of frank disease in the neutropenic hematologic malignancy patient.
Because this pathogen is rarely isolated in clinical specimens, no large studies exist to guide the management of these acutely ill patients.
Individual case reports and case series exist in the literature describing various clinical manifestations of B.
cereus in the neutropenic patient including bacteremia/septicemia, pneumonia, meningitis/encephalitis, hepatic abscesses, and gastritis.
In this report, we describe a case of typhlitis caused by B.
cereus in a 74-year-old female with recently diagnosed acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), and we summarize the available English language literature to draw tentative conclusions regarding the clinical manifestations of this organism.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Denham, James D.& Nanjappa, Sowmya& Greene, John N.. 2018. Bacillus cereus Typhlitis in a Patient with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-4.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Denham, James D.…[et al.]. Bacillus cereus Typhlitis in a Patient with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1144640
American Medical Association (AMA)
Denham, James D.& Nanjappa, Sowmya& Greene, John N.. Bacillus cereus Typhlitis in a Patient with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1144640
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1144640