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What Diseases Does Bacillus Cause?

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What Diseases Does Bacillus Cause?

Although anthrax remains the best-known Bacillus disease, in recent years other Bacillus species

Bacillus species
subtilis spore viability–surviving fraction of 72.2 ± 11.8% after 360 days. However, when B. subtilis spores were stored for 450-days in ultrahigh vacuum (10−7 Pa), spore survival decreased by ~82% (p < 0.001) (Fig 3). The LD90 was estimated be to less than 2 years within these space-like conditions (Table 4).
have been increasingly implicated in a wide range of infections including abscesses, bacteremia/septicemia, wound and burn infections, ear infections, endocarditis, meningitis, ophthalmitis, osteomyelitis, peritonitis, and ...

What does Bacillus bacteria cause?

Serious infections caused by Bacillus species include ocular infections, endocarditis, bacteremia and septicemia, pneumonia, meningitis, musculoskeletal infections (40), and infections associated with injuries from motor vehicle accidents associated with road trauma (44) and gunshot injuries (23).

What diseases can Bacillus subtilis cause?

Infections attributed to B. subtilis include bacteremia, endocarditis, pneumonia, and septicemia. However, these infections were found in patients in compromised immune states.

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