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Las infecciones graves por el Bacillus sp

C U Tuazon, H W Murray, C Levy

|March 16, 1979

Resumen

Se produjeron infecciones graves por Bacillus, incluidas endocarditis y osteomielitis, en siete pacientes. Esto pone de relieve la necesidad de evitar descartar a Bacillus como contaminante, especialmente en muestras críticas.

Área de la Ciencia:

Microbiología Médica Microbiología médica.
Enfermedades infecciosas Enfermedades infecciosas.

Sus antecedentes:

Las especies de Bacillus a menudo se consideran contaminantes en la microbiología clínica.
Las infecciones graves atribuidas a Bacillus son raras, pero pueden ocurrir en poblaciones específicas de pacientes.

Objetivo del estudio:

Para informar y analizar casos de infecciones graves por Bacillus.
Para enfatizar la importancia clínica de Bacillus en las infecciones.

Principales métodos:

Revisión de la serie de casos de siete pacientes con infecciones por Bacillus.
Recopilación de datos clínicos y análisis de los tipos de infecciones y la demografía de los pacientes.

Principales resultados:

Siete pacientes desarrollaron graves infecciones por Bacillus: endocarditis, osteomielitis, fascitis necrotizante y una infección por derivación ventriculoatrial.
Los drogadictos y los pacientes con leucemia se encontraban entre los afectados.
Todos los pacientes se recuperaron con éxito de sus infecciones.

Conclusiones:

Bacillus no debe ser descartado como un mero contaminante de cultivo.
La vigilancia clínica es crucial cuando Bacillus se aísla de la sangre, fluidos corporales o infecciones de espacio cerrado.

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