Bacillus cereus bacteremia with central nervous system involvement: A neuropathological study.

This study highlights the clinical challenge to diagnose B. cereus and the importance of the delay between the detection of B. cereus and the initiation of an effective targeted antibiotic therapy. This case presented an aggressive evolution with multiple necrotic and hemorrhagic foci in the brain. Upon histological examination, B. cereus virulence was notably reflected by the dissection of blood vessel walls by the bacilli and luminal occlusion, a pattern that has not been yet reported.
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Source: Clinical Neuropathology - Category: Pathology Authors: Tags: Clin Neuropathol Source Type: research