Bacillus cereus
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Background
- Gram-positive bacillus within the genus Bacillus
Management
- Almost universally resistant to penicillins and co-trimoxazole
- Usually susceptible to vancomycin, linezolid, ciprofloxacin (more than levofloxacin), and tetracycline[1]
- ↑ Mills E, Sullivan E, Kovac J. Comparative Analysis of Bacillus cereus Group Isolates' Resistance Using Disk Diffusion and Broth Microdilution and the Correlation between Antimicrobial Resistance Phenotypes and Genotypes. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2022 Mar 22;88(6):e0230221. doi: 10.1128/aem.02302-21. Epub 2022 Mar 22. PMID: 35225691; PMCID: PMC8939351.
