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In one such infection,\n            <jats:italic>B. cereus<\/jats:italic>\n            G9241 was identified as the causative agent of a severe pneumonia in a Louisiana welder in 1994. This isolate was found to harbor most of the\n            <jats:italic>B. anthracis<\/jats:italic>\n            virulence plasmid pXO1 (13). Here we report the characterization of two clinical and one environmental\n            <jats:italic>B. cereus<\/jats:italic>\n            isolate collected during an investigation of two fatal pneumonia cases in Texas metal workers. Molecular subtyping revealed that the two cases were not caused by the same strain. However, one of the three isolates was indistinguishable from\n            <jats:italic>B. cereus<\/jats:italic>\n            G9241. PCR analysis demonstrated that both clinical isolates contained\n            <jats:italic>B. anthracis<\/jats:italic>\n            pXO1 toxin genes. One clinical isolate and the environmental isolate collected from that victim's worksite contained the\n            <jats:italic>cap A<\/jats:italic>\n            ,\n            <jats:italic>B<\/jats:italic>\n            , and\n            <jats:italic>C<\/jats:italic>\n            genes required for capsule biosynthesis in\n            <jats:italic>B. anthracis<\/jats:italic>\n            . Both clinical isolates expressed a capsule; however, neither was composed of poly-\n            <jats:sc>d<\/jats:sc>\n            -glutamic acid. Although most\n            <jats:italic>B. cereus<\/jats:italic>\n            isolates are not opportunistic pathogens and only a limited number cause food-borne illnesses, these results demonstrate that some\n            <jats:italic>B. cereus<\/jats:italic>\n            strains can cause severe and even fatal infections in patients who appear to be otherwise healthy.\n          <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1128\/jcm.00561-06","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2006,9,5]],"date-time":"2006-09-05T16:23:28Z","timestamp":1157473408000},"page":"3352-3360","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1128\/asmj-crossmark-policy-page","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":244,"title":["Characterization of\n            <i>Bacillus cereus<\/i>\n            Isolates Associated with Fatal Pneumonias: Strains Are Closely Related to\n            <i>Bacillus anthracis<\/i>\n            and Harbor\n            <i>B. anthracis<\/i>\n            Virulence Genes"],"prefix":"10.1128","volume":"44","author":[{"given":"Alex R.","family":"Hoffmaster","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Epidemiologic Investigations Laboratory, Meningitis and Special Pathogens Branch, MS G34"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Karen K.","family":"Hill","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Surveillance Division, T-801, Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin, Texas 78756"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jay E.","family":"Gee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Epidemiologic Investigations Laboratory, Meningitis and Special Pathogens Branch, MS G34"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chung K.","family":"Marston","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Epidemiologic Investigations Laboratory, Meningitis and Special Pathogens Branch, MS G34"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Barun K.","family":"De","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Epidemiologic Investigations Laboratory, Meningitis and Special Pathogens Branch, MS G34"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tanja","family":"Popovic","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Office of the Director"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"David","family":"Sue","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Epidemiologic Investigations Laboratory, Meningitis and Special Pathogens Branch, MS G34"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Patricia P.","family":"Wilkins","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Epidemiologic Investigations Laboratory, Meningitis and Special Pathogens Branch, MS G34"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Swati B.","family":"Avashia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Epidemic Intelligence Service, MS E92, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30333"},{"name":"Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Surveillance Division, T-801, Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin, Texas 78756"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rahsaan","family":"Drumgoole","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Surveillance Division, T-801, Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin, Texas 78756"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Charles H.","family":"Helma","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Bioscience"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lawrence O.","family":"Ticknor","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Decision Applications Divisions, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Richard T.","family":"Okinaka","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Bioscience"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Paul J.","family":"Jackson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Defense Biology Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94551"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"235","reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_2_2_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/ajim.10194"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_3_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.taap.2004.04.022"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_4_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/infdis\/96.1.34"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_5_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(94)91041-3"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_6_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.7326\/0003-4819-95-6-688"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_7_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3201\/eid0810.020392"},{"key":"e_1_3_2_8_2","first-page":"223","volume":"111","year":"1964","unstructured":"Doig, A. 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