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Bacillaceae infectious disease

MedGen UID:
39271
•Concept ID:
C0085389
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Bacillaceae Infection; Bacillaceae Infections; Infection, Bacillaceae; Infections, Bacillaceae
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0006923

Definition

Infections with bacteria of the family bacillaceae. [from MONDO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVBacillaceae infectious disease

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Obiltoxaximab: Adding to the Treatment Arsenal for Bacillus anthracis Infection.
Hou AW, Morrill AM
Ann Pharmacother 2017 Oct;51(10):908-913. Epub 2017 Jun 2 doi: 10.1177/1060028017713029. PMID: 28573869
Alternative pre-approved and novel therapies for the treatment of anthrax.
Head BM, Rubinstein E, Meyers AF
BMC Infect Dis 2016 Nov 3;16(1):621. doi: 10.1186/s12879-016-1951-y. PMID: 27809794Free PMC Article
Pediatric anthrax clinical management.
Bradley JS, Peacock G, Krug SE, Bower WA, Cohn AC, Meaney-Delman D, Pavia AT; AAP Committee on Infectious Diseases and Disaster Preparedness Advisory Council
Pediatrics 2014 May;133(5):e1411-36. doi: 10.1542/peds.2014-0563. PMID: 24777226Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Efficient symptomatic treatment and viral load reduction for children with influenza virus infection by nasal-spraying Bacillus spore probiotics.
Tran TT, Phung TTB, Tran DM, Bui HT, Nguyen PTT, Vu TT, Ngo NTP, Nguyen MT, Nguyen AH, Nguyen ATV
Sci Rep 2023 Sep 8;13(1):14789. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-41763-5. PMID: 37684332Free PMC Article
Spores and soil from six sides: interdisciplinarity and the environmental biology of anthrax (Bacillus anthracis).
Carlson CJ, Getz WM, Kausrud KL, Cizauskas CA, Blackburn JK, Bustos Carrillo FA, Colwell R, Easterday WR, Ganz HH, Kamath PL, Økstad OA, Turner WC, Kolstø AB, Stenseth NC
Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2018 Nov;93(4):1813-1831. Epub 2018 May 6 doi: 10.1111/brv.12420. PMID: 29732670
Human anthrax as a re-emerging disease.
Doganay M, Demiraslan H
Recent Pat Antiinfect Drug Discov 2015;10(1):10-29. doi: 10.2174/1574891x10666150408162354. PMID: 25851429
Anthrax outbreaks in Bangladesh, 2009-2010.
Chakraborty A, Khan SU, Hasnat MA, Parveen S, Islam MS, Mikolon A, Chakraborty RK, Ahmed BN, Ara K, Haider N, Zaki SR, Hoffmaster AR, Rahman M, Luby SP, Hossain MJ
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2012 Apr;86(4):703-10. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0234. PMID: 22492157Free PMC Article
Inhalational anthrax and bioterrorism.
Quintiliani R Jr, Quintiliani R
Curr Opin Pulm Med 2003 May;9(3):221-6. doi: 10.1097/00063198-200305000-00011. PMID: 12682568

Diagnosis

Human anthrax as a re-emerging disease.
Doganay M, Demiraslan H
Recent Pat Antiinfect Drug Discov 2015;10(1):10-29. doi: 10.2174/1574891x10666150408162354. PMID: 25851429
New insights into gastrointestinal anthrax infection.
Owen JL, Yang T, Mohamadzadeh M
Trends Mol Med 2015 Mar;21(3):154-63. Epub 2014 Dec 19 doi: 10.1016/j.molmed.2014.12.003. PMID: 25577136Free PMC Article
Inhalational anthrax.
Cuneo BM
Respir Care Clin N Am 2004 Mar;10(1):75-82. doi: 10.1016/S1078-5337(03)00050-9. PMID: 15062228
Anthrax--an overview.
Oncü S, Oncü S, Sakarya S
Med Sci Monit 2003 Nov;9(11):RA276-83. PMID: 14586293
Inhalational anthrax and bioterrorism.
Quintiliani R Jr, Quintiliani R
Curr Opin Pulm Med 2003 May;9(3):221-6. doi: 10.1097/00063198-200305000-00011. PMID: 12682568

Therapy

Anthrax Meningoencephalitis and Intracranial Hemorrhage.
Caffes N, Hendricks K, Bradley JS, Twenhafel NA, Simard JM
Clin Infect Dis 2022 Oct 17;75(Suppl 3):S451-S458. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciac521. PMID: 36251558Free PMC Article
Injectional anthrax in human: A new face of the old disease.
Zasada AA
Adv Clin Exp Med 2018 Apr;27(4):553-558. doi: 10.17219/acem/68380. PMID: 29533547
Human anthrax as a re-emerging disease.
Doganay M, Demiraslan H
Recent Pat Antiinfect Drug Discov 2015;10(1):10-29. doi: 10.2174/1574891x10666150408162354. PMID: 25851429
Monoclonal antibody therapies against anthrax.
Chen Z, Moayeri M, Purcell R
Toxins (Basel) 2011 Aug;3(8):1004-19. Epub 2011 Aug 15 doi: 10.3390/toxins3081004. PMID: 22069754Free PMC Article
Bacillus anthracis and antibacterial agents.
Bryskier A
Clin Microbiol Infect 2002 Aug;8(8):467-78. doi: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2002.00527.x. PMID: 12197869

Prognosis

Anthrax lethal and edema toxins in anthrax pathogenesis.
Liu S, Moayeri M, Leppla SH
Trends Microbiol 2014 Jun;22(6):317-25. Epub 2014 Mar 27 doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2014.02.012. PMID: 24684968Free PMC Article
Antibodies against anthrax: mechanisms of action and clinical applications.
Froude JW 2nd, Thullier P, Pelat T
Toxins (Basel) 2011 Nov;3(11):1433-52. Epub 2011 Nov 16 doi: 10.3390/toxins3111433. PMID: 22174979Free PMC Article
Contribution of toxins to the pathogenesis of inhalational anthrax.
Tournier JN, Quesnel-Hellmann A, Cleret A, Vidal DR
Cell Microbiol 2007 Mar;9(3):555-65. Epub 2007 Jan 11 doi: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2006.00866.x. PMID: 17223930
Anthrax--an overview.
Oncü S, Oncü S, Sakarya S
Med Sci Monit 2003 Nov;9(11):RA276-83. PMID: 14586293
Inhalational anthrax and bioterrorism.
Quintiliani R Jr, Quintiliani R
Curr Opin Pulm Med 2003 May;9(3):221-6. doi: 10.1097/00063198-200305000-00011. PMID: 12682568

Clinical prediction guides

Integrated epigenomic exposure signature discovery.
Schuetter J, Minard-Smith A, Hill B, Beare JL, Vornholt A, Burke TW, Murugan V, Smith AK, Chandrasekaran T, Shamma HJ, Kahaian SC, Fillinger KL, Amper MAS, Cheng WS, Ge Y, George MC, Guevara K, Lovette-Okwara N, Mahajan A, Marjanovic N, Mendelev N, Fowler VG, McClain MT, Miller CM, Mofsowitz S, Nair VD, Nudelman G, Evans TG, Castellino F, Ramos I, Rirak S, Ruf-Zamojski F, Seenarine N, Soares-Shanoski A, Vangeti S, Vasoya M, Yu X, Zaslavsky E, Ndhlovu LC, Corley MJ, Bowler S, Deeks SG, Letizia AG, Sealfon SC, Woods CW, Spurbeck RR
Epigenomics 2024;16(14):1013-1029. Epub 2024 Sep 3 doi: 10.1080/17501911.2024.2375187. PMID: 39225561Free PMC Article
Catheter-associated Mycobacterium intracellulare biofilm infection in C3HeB/FeJ mice.
Yamamoto K, Tsujimura Y, Ato M
Sci Rep 2023 Oct 10;13(1):17148. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-44403-0. PMID: 37816786Free PMC Article
Human anthrax in Kyrgyz Republic: Epidemiology and clinical features.
Kutmanova A, Doganay M, Zholdoshev S
J Infect Public Health 2020 Aug;13(8):1161-1165. Epub 2020 Apr 8 doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2020.02.043. PMID: 32276875
Pathology of inhalational anthrax animal models.
Twenhafel NA
Vet Pathol 2010 Sep;47(5):819-30. Epub 2010 Jul 23 doi: 10.1177/0300985810378112. PMID: 20656900
Humans and evolutionary and ecological forces shaped the phylogeography of recently emerged diseases.
Keim PS, Wagner DM
Nat Rev Microbiol 2009 Nov;7(11):813-21. Epub 2009 Oct 12 doi: 10.1038/nrmicro2219. PMID: 19820723Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Clinical Features of Patients Hospitalized for All Routes of Anthrax, 1880-2018: A Systematic Review.
Hendricks K, Person MK, Bradley JS, Mongkolrattanothai T, Hupert N, Eichacker P, Friedlander AM, Bower WA
Clin Infect Dis 2022 Oct 17;75(Suppl 3):S341-S353. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciac534. PMID: 36251560Free PMC Article
Antitoxin Use in the Prevention and Treatment of Anthrax Disease: A Systematic Review.
Hesse EM, Godfred-Cato S, Bower WA
Clin Infect Dis 2022 Oct 17;75(Suppl 3):S432-S440. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciac532. PMID: 36251559Free PMC Article
Systematic Review of Hospital Treatment Outcomes for Naturally Acquired and Bioterrorism-Related Anthrax, 1880-2018.
Person MK, Cook R, Bradley JS, Hupert N, Bower WA, Hendricks K
Clin Infect Dis 2022 Oct 17;75(Suppl 3):S392-S401. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciac536. PMID: 36251553Free PMC Article
Systematic Review of In Vitro Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing for Bacillus anthracis, 1947-2019.
Maxson T, Kongphet-Tran T, Mongkolrattanothai T, Travis T, Hendricks K, Parker C, McLaughlin HP, Bugrysheva J, Ambrosio F, Michel P, Cherney B, Lascols C, Sue D
Clin Infect Dis 2022 Oct 17;75(Suppl 3):S373-S378. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciac520. PMID: 36251548Free PMC Article
Identifying Meningitis During an Anthrax Mass Casualty Incident: Systematic Review of Systemic Anthrax Since 1880.
Katharios-Lanwermeyer S, Holty JE, Person M, Sejvar J, Haberling D, Tubbs H, Meaney-Delman D, Pillai SK, Hupert N, Bower WA, Hendricks K
Clin Infect Dis 2016 Jun 15;62(12):1537-1545. Epub 2016 Mar 29 doi: 10.1093/cid/ciw184. PMID: 27025833Free PMC Article

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