Fatal sepsis by Bacillus circulans in an immunocompromised patient

Abstract

An immunosuppressed man was admitted to hospital with diarrhea and a history of urinary tract infection. He was subjected to treatment with antibiotics. The patient died of putative severe sepsis. The etiological agent was a carbapenemase producing isolate of Bacillus circulans with resistance to all prescribed antimicrobial agents.

Keywords

• Bacillus circulans
• immunocompromised