Table 1 Summary of cases of B. Cereus reported in previously healthy individuals
No | Year | Sex | Age | Profession | Basic disease | Symptoms on presentation | Diagnosis | Pathogen detection method | Treatment (antibiotics) | Outcome | Reference (PMID) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1985 | M | 67 | Engineer | cardiac failure | Retrosternal and right pleural pain | Pleuropulmonary infection | Pleural fluid cultures | GEN, CFZ, ERY | Death | 3,936,280 |
2 | 1985 | M | 18 | Student | No | Fever, cough, hemoptysis | Pneumonia | Sputum and blood cultures | CLDM, ERY, AMP | Survival | 3,919,626 |
3 | 1991 | M | 21 | Unknown | Bronchiectasia | Fever, cough, chills | Pneumonia | Sputum and BALF cultures | CPFX | Survival | 1,902,995 |
4 | 1997 | M | 17 | Student | No | Vomiting, lethargy, jaundice, abdominal pain | Fulminant hepatic failure, rhabdomyolysis, and acute renal failure | Intestinal contents and pan residue cultures | Untreated by antibiotics | Death | 9,099,658 |
5 | 1997 | M | 46 | Welder | No | Fever, cough, hemoptysis, vomiting | Bacteremia Pneumonia | Sputum and blood cultures | CPFX, CTX | Death | 9,003,628 |
6 | 1997 | M | 41 | Welder | No | Fever, cough, hemoptysis | Bacteremia Pneumonia | Sputum and blood cultures | AMP/SUL, ERY, CLDM, VAN | Death | 9,003,628 |
7 | 2002 | M | 29 | Unknown | No | Left leg erythema papules, ulceration | Skin soft-tissue infection | Tissue cultures | CPFX | Recovery | 12140490 [11] |
8 | 2003 | M | 76 | Unknown | Abdominal operation | Fever and shock occurred 17 days after surgery | BSI | Blood culture and central venous tip cultures | PIP/TZP | Recovery | 14,616,690 |
9 | 2008 | F | 69 | Unknown | Diabetes, hypertension | Difficulty breathing, sweating, weight loss | Endocarditis | Blood cultures | CFZ | Recovery | 18706120 [16] |
10 | 2008 | F | 9 | Student | No | Abdominal pain vomiting diarrhea, convulsions, coma, shock | Gastroenteritis, liver failure | Food cultures | MEM, CLDM | Recovery | 18,664,929 |
11 | 2011 | M | 20 | Student | No | Headache, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea | Gastroenteritis, liver necrosis, colon necrosis | Faeces cultures | Untreated | Death | 22,012,017 |
12 | 2010 | M | 11 | Student | No | Abdominal cramps, vomiting, lethargy, convulsions | Gastroenteritis, liver failure, encephalopathy | Gastric juice, leftover race and faeces cultures | Untreated by antibiotics | Recovery | 19796886 [17] |
13 | 2011 | M | 74 | Unknown | Valvular history, coronary stent history | Fever, dyspnea, night sweats, shock | BSI | Blood and bone marrow cultures | VAN, CPFX | Death | 22173364 [9] |
14 | 2016 | M | 59 | Mechanic | No | Fatigue, nausea, indigestion, weight loss | Liver abscess | Puncture drainage fluid cultures | VAN, LEV | Recovery | 28025629 [18] |
15 | 2017 | F | 81 | Unknown | Atrial fibrillation, Cardiac failure | Fever, cough, respiratory distress | Pneumonia, BSI | Blood sample cultures | IPM, LEV | Recovery | 29457069 [19] |
16 | 2019 | F | 32 | Unknown | Abdominal trauma | Fever 48 h after surgery | Liver abscess, BSI | Drainage fluid and blood cultures | AMP/SUL, VAN | Recovery | 31,791,818 |
17 | 2019 | M | 60 | Unknown | Hypertension | Hemoptysis, respiratory distress, chest pain, right shoulder and right abdominal pain, numbness in the right hand | Necrotic hemorrhagic pneumonia | Sputum cultures | Untreated by antibiotics | Death | 30813918 [13] |
18 | 2019 | M | 91 | Unknown | End-stage renal disease | High fever, shortness of breath, shock, ARDS | Aortic aneurysm | Blood cultures | VAN, CTRX, | Recovery | 31,711,418 |
19 | 2020 | M | 58 | School principal | Diabetes | Intermittent low fever, painless hematuria, oliguria, weight loss, focal epilepsy | Infective endocarditis, cerebral hemorrhage, splenic abscess | Identified by BD Phoenix | CPFX | Recovery | 32655954 [12] |
20 | 2020 | F | 40 | Unknown | No | Vomiting, abdominal pain, syncope | Sepsis, multi-organ failure, shock, metabolic acidosis, rhabdomyolysis, coagulopathy, | Mass spectrometry (Bruker) | PIP/TZP, MNZ, AZI, VAN, MEM | Death | 33462030 [20] |
21 | 2021 | M | 25 | Chef | No | Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain | Gastroenteritis, liver failure | Leftover rice cultures | PIP/TZP | Recovery | 35050989 [21] |
22 | 2022 | F | 27 | Unknown | No | Fever Abdominal pain vomiting diarrhea | Malaria, Gastroenteritis | Blood cultures | VAN/levofloxacin | Recovery | 36,712,755 |
23 | 2022 | No | 80 | Unknown | pituitary tumor | Abdominal pain vomiting diarrhea | meningoencephalitis | Blood cultures, broad-range 16 s rDNA PCR | VAN | Recovery | 35,880,229 |
24 | 2022 | F | 33 | Unknown | No | small vesicles, itching | cutaneous infection | broad-range 16 s rDNA PCR | CPFX | Recovery | 35,448,975 |
25 | 2023 | F | 40 | Unknown | type 1 bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder (MDD), migraines without aura, hypothyroidism, | severe headache | meningoencephalitis | Blood cultures, cerebrospinal fluid cultures | VAN | Survival | 36,788,826 |