From the Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner.
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA.
Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2021 Mar 1;42(1):96-98. doi: 10.1097/PAF.0000000000000610.
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.
由于芽胞杆菌属细菌引起的感染极为罕见，因此主要是逐个病例描述的。在这里，我们报告了一例 25 天大的早产儿，因疑似芽胞杆菌败血症和脑膜炎而死亡。以前报道的大多数芽胞杆菌菌血症病例发生在有假体医疗设备、免疫功能低下或注射吸毒者的患者中。然而，据我们所知，这是首例因推定的解硫胺素芽胞杆菌引起的婴儿死亡的报告。该病例表明，以前被认为影响不大的环境细菌可能会对人类造成严重感染。
