A single institutional review of pediatric Bacillus spp. bloodstream infections demonstrates increased incidence among children with cancer.
David S ShulmanPreeti MehrotraTraci M BlonquistAndrew CapraroLeslie E LehmannLewis B SilvermanNeeraj K SuranaAndrew E PlacePublished in: Pediatric blood & cancer (2018)
We report the first hospital-wide analysis of Bacillus infection and found that immunocompromised children experience a significant proportion of Bacillus infections. Children with ALL have a high incidence of infection and are at higher risk of CNS involvement and death.