Recurrent Bacillus subtilis Var. Natto Bacteremia and Review of the Literature on Bacillus subtilis: The First Case Report

Kazuhiro Ishikawa; Ryo Hasegawa; Keitaro Furukawa; Fujimi Kawai; Yuki Uehara; Kiyofumi Ohkusu; Nobuyoshi Mori

doi:10.12659/AJCR.942553

09 February 2024 : Case report Japan

Recurrent Bacillus subtilis Var. Natto Bacteremia and Review of the Literature on Bacillus subtilis: The First Case Report

Challenging differential diagnosis, Unusual or unexpected effect of treatment, Diagnostic / therapeutic accidents, Rare disease

Kazuhiro Ishikawa

^1ABCDEF, Ryo Hasegawa^2ABCDEF, Keitaro Furukawa^3C, Fujimi Kawai^4AF, Yuki Uehara^5ABCDEF, Kiyofumi Ohkusu^3CD, Nobuyoshi Mori^1ABCDEF*

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.942553

Am J Case Rep 2024; 25:e942553

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Figure 1. Abdominal computed tomography showing a superior mesenteric vein thrombus in the portal vein, with mesenteric panniculitis and numerous collateral blood vessels (A: coronal axis), and dilatation of the common bile duct (B: horizontal axis). A septic thrombophlebitis of the portal vein on admission (C: red arrow) disappeared after 9 months of anticoagulation (D: red arrow).

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