Virulence analysis of Bacillus cereus isolated after death of preterm neonates, Nice, France, 2013

Creators: Lotte, Romain; Hérissé, Anne-Laure; Berrouane, Yasmina; Lotte, Laurène; Casagrande, Florence; Landraud, Luce; Herbin, Sabine; Rama Rao, Nalini; Boyer, Laurent; Ruimy, Raymond

Others:: Centre Méditerranéen de Médecine Moléculaire (C3M) ; Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis (UNSA); COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA); UMR_ S- 1065, C3M, TEAM 6 ; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice (CHU de Nice); UMR_ S- 1065, C3M ; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM); Food Safety Laboratory; MICrobiologie de l'ALImentation au Service de la Santé (MICALIS) ; Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-AgroParisTech; Université Paris-Saclay; Fondation Recherche Medicate (FRM) [FDM20150632804]; Inserm; Fondation L'Association pour la Recherche sur le Cancer [RAC15014AAA]

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After the deaths of 2 preterm neonates with Bacillus cereus systemic infection in the same intensive care unit, we investigated the pathogenic potential of this bacterium. Genetic and virulence analysis indicated the neonates were infected with 2 different strains with a virulence potential similar to environmental strains, indicating likely patient immune response failure.

Virulence analysis of Bacillus cereus isolated after death of preterm neonates, Nice, France, 2013

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