A rare and difficult to diagnose case of subacute infective endocarditis caused by Bacillus cereus in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus and Libman-Sacks endocarditis has been reported. Our aim is to highlight the importance of molecular methods such as MALDI-TOF and PCR to explain clinical and epidemiological issues about infections caused by unusual pathogen.
Keywords: Bacillus cereus; Infective endocarditis; MALDI-TOF; PCR; polymerase chain reaction; systemic lupus erythematosus.
Copyright (c) 2022 Rachel Leite Ribeiro, Matheus Oliveira Bastos, Alec Morse Blanz, Jaqueline Abel da Rocha, Nathalia Antonio de Oliveira Velasco, Andressa Temperini de Oliveira Marre, Raiane Cardoso Chamon, Leonardo Alvez Rusak, Adriana Marcos Vivoni, Ianick Souto Martins.