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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF FORENSIC MEDICINE AND PATHOLOGY
Volume 42, Issue 1, Pages 96-98Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0000000000000610
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Paenibacillus; sepsis; microbiology; forensic pathology
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Infections caused by Paenibacillus bacteria are rare, and this case represents the first reported infant death due to presumed Paenibacillus thiaminolyticus infection. It highlights the potential for severe human infections by environmental bacteria previously considered insignificant.
Infections due to bacteria of the genus Paenibacillus are exceedingly rare and therefore predominately described on a case-by-case basis. Here, we present a case of a 25-day-old premature neonate who died from presumed Paenibacillus sepsis and meningitis. Most prior reported cases of Paenibacillus bacteremia were among patients who had prosthetic medical devices, were immunocompromised, or were injection drug users. However, to our knowledge, this is the first reported case of infant death from presumed Paenibacillus thiaminolyticus. This case suggests the potential for severe human infection by an environmental bacterium previously considered to be of little consequence.
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