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Nonhemolytic, nonmotile gram-positive rods indicative of Bacillus anthracis
Elie G Dib1, Samar A Dib, Dany A Korkmaz
1Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, New York 14642, USA. Elie_Dib@urmc.rochester.edu
Emerging Infectious Diseases
|September 12, 2003
Abstract:
We report a 40-year-old female patient who was admitted to the hospital because of a left ovarian mass torsion. A nonhemolytic, nonmotile Bacillus, suspicious of Bacillus anthracis, was isolated from a blood culture. We discuss the evaluation that led to the final identification of the bacterium as B. megaterium.