CHEVALIER , Alicia

Bacillus cereus group comprises eighteen validated species that are a widespread, Gram-positive, spore-forming environmental bacterium. B. cereus sensu stricto is the third most common cause of food poisoning in Europe. In high-risk individuals, such as preterm neonates, B. cereus infections can cause fatal infections. It is important to note...

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Nocardia takedensis was first isolated in 2005, from soil in Japan. We report here two cases of lymphangitis in France (2012–2017) caused by N. takedensis both occurring after skin injury while gardening, which enabled its inoculation. The two patients were immunocompromised and successfully treated by an antimicrobial agent active on the...

We report here the complete genome sequences of three Bacillus cereus group strains isolated from blood cultures from premature and immunocompromised infants hospitalized in intensive care units in three French hospitals. These complete genome sequences were obtained from a combination of Illumina HiSeq X Ten short reads and Oxford Nanopore...