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Published online ahead of print on 22 October 2009 as doi:10.1099/jmm.0.011056-0
J Med Microbiol (2009), DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.011056-0
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Fatal spontaneous bacterial peritonitis and necrotizing fasciitis with bacteremia caused by Bacillus cereus in a patient with cirrhosis

Ya-Ling Lee1, Sheng-Dong Shih2, Yu-Jong Weng2, Changhua Chen1 and Chun-Eng Liu1,3

1 Changhua Christian Hospital;

2 Chiayi Veterans Hospital

3 E-mail: 141052{at}cch.org.tw

Received March 15, 2009
Accepted October 20, 2009

We report a case of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis and necrotizing fasciitis caused by Bacillus cereus in a cirrhotic patient without preceding disruption of skin or symptoms of gastroenteritis. This rapidly fatal infection due to B. cereus adds to the long list of etiologies of infectious complications among patients with cirrhosis of the liver.






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