TY - JOUR AU - Schaefer, Gabrielle AU - Campbell, Wesley AU - Jenks, Jeffrey AU - Beesley, Cari AU - Katsivas, Theodoros AU - Hoffmaster, Alex AU - Mehta, Sanjay AU - Reed, Sharon T1 - Persistent Bacillus cereus Bacteremia in 3 Persons Who Inject Drugs, San Diego, California, USA T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2016 VL - 22 IS - 9 SP - 1621 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Bacillus cereus is typically considered a blood culture contaminant; however, its presence in blood cultures can indicate true bacteremia. We report 4 episodes of B. cereus bacteremia in 3 persons who inject drugs. Multilocus sequence typing showed that the temporally associated infections were caused by unrelated clones. KW - bacillus KW - Bacillus cereus KW - bacteremia KW - California KW - injection drug users KW - multilocus sequence typing KW - bateria KW - injection drug use KW - heroin KW - persons who inject drugs KW - bacteria KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid2209.150647 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/9/15-0647_article ER - End of Reference