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Case Reports
. 2021 Sep 3;13(9):e17692.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.17692. eCollection 2021 Sep.

Neonatal Sepsis Due to Bacillus subtilis

Panagiotis K Lampropoulos  1 , Despoina Gkentzi  2 , Sotiris Tzifas  1 , Gabriel Dimitriou  3
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Case Reports

Neonatal Sepsis Due to Bacillus subtilis

Panagiotis K Lampropoulos et al. Cureus. .

Abstract

Bacillus subtilis is a gram-positive bacillus, commonly found in the environment (also as an endospore) and in the human gut (in a carrier-state), being considered as a bacterium of minimal virulence. We present a rare case of late-onset neonatal sepsis with multiple positive blood cultures and isolation of B. subtilis as the causative pathogen.

Keywords: antimicrobial resistance; bacillus; immunodeficiency; neonatal sepsis; subtilis.

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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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