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Case Reports
. 2007 Feb 1;44(3):414-6.
doi: 10.1086/510429. Epub 2006 Dec 27.

Fatal pneumonia among metalworkers due to inhalation exposure to Bacillus cereus Containing Bacillus anthracis toxin genes

Swati B Avashia  1 , W S Riggins, Connie Lindley, Alex Hoffmaster, Rahsaan Drumgoole, Trudi Nekomoto, Paul J Jackson, Karen K Hill, Karen Williams, Lulu Lehman, Melissa C Libal, Patricia P Wilkins, James Alexander, Anthony Tvaryanas, Tom Betz
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Fatal pneumonia among metalworkers due to inhalation exposure to Bacillus cereus Containing Bacillus anthracis toxin genes

Swati B Avashia et al. Clin Infect Dis. .

Abstract

Bacillus cereus pneumonia is unusual in nonimmunocompromised hosts. We describe fatal cases in 2 metalworkers and the associated investigation. Anthrax toxin genes were identified in B. cereus isolates from both patients using polymerase chain reaction. Finding anthrax toxin genes in non-Bacillus anthracis isolates has, to our knowledge, only been reported once previously.

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