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Article Dans Une Revue Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease Année : 2012

Pacemaker-associated Bacillus cereus endocarditis.

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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.

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hal-00738871 , version 1 (05-10-2012)

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Olivier Barraud, Nadia Hidri, Kim Ly, Nicolas Pichon, Petrus Manea, et al.. Pacemaker-associated Bacillus cereus endocarditis.. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, 2012, epub ahead of print. ⟨10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.08.002⟩. ⟨hal-00738871⟩
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