TY - JOUR AU - Dib, Elie G. AU - Dib, Samar A. AU - Korkmaz, Dany A. AU - Mobarakai, Neville K. AU - Glaser, Jordan B. T1 - Nonhemolytic, Nonmotile Gram-Positive Rods Indicative of Bacillus anthracis T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2003 VL - 9 IS - 8 SP - 1013 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We report a 40-year-old female patient who was admitted to the hospital because of a left ovarian mass torsion. A nonhemolytic, nonmotile Bacillus, suspicious of Bacillus anthracis, was isolated from a blood culture. We discuss the evaluation that led to the final identification of the bacterium as B. megaterium. KW - Bacillus megaterium KW - anthrax, Bacillus, ciprofloxacin KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid0908.030205 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/9/8/030205_article ER - End of Reference