Association between tea ingestion and invasive Bacillus cereus infection among children with cancer.

El Saleeby, C M; Howard, S C; Hayden, R T; McCullers, J A · Clin Infect Dis · 2004

case_control · Level III

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Abstract

Bacillus cereus is an emerging pathogen that causes invasive disease in immunocompromised hosts. A case-control study, prompted by a clinical case, demonstrated an association between dietary tea ingestion and B. cereus bacteremia. Policies designed to interrupt transmission of this pathogen to susceptible patients should be considered.

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