Bacillus subtilisSepticemia

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Abstract
SEVERAL of the "nonpathogenic" organisms occasionally cause serious and even fatal disease. The Bacillus subtilis group has been incriminated intermittently in pathologic conditions since 1898, and a number of case reports in the recent medical literature have given additional emphasis to the pathogenic potentialities of this ubiquitous saprophyte. The purpose of this paper is to present a case of B. subtilis septicemia, with a brief review of the literature.Case ReportA 12-month-old boy had been born of an uncomplicated pregnancy by breech extraction after division of a bipartite vagina. During the 1st hour after birth the baby was in . . .