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Fatal sepsis by Bacillus circulans in an immunocompromised patient

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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.

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Alebouyeh M, Gooran Orimi P, Azimi-rad M, Tajbakhsh M, Tajeddin E, Jahani Sherafat S, Nazemalhosseini mojarad E, Zali M. Fatal sepsis by Bacillus circulans in an immunocompromised patient. Iran J Microbiol. 1;3(3):156-158.