Penicillin-Susceptible, Oxidase-Negative, Nonhemolytic, Nonmotile Bacillus megaterium in Disguise of Bacillus anthracis

Table 1

Summary of B. megaterium-associated clinical cases in the literature.

Year of report	Patient data	Clinical diagnosis	Treatment and clinical outcome	Reference
Current study	47-year-old woman with diabetes	Gangrenous toe	Treated with ciprofloxacin; clinically stable; discharged with no sign of disease	This study
2015	50-year-old woman with psoriasis and a 3-month history of fever and headache	Brain abscesses	Clinically stable after penicillin was used	Guo et al. [7]
2011	25-year-old immunocompetent woman with no fever and chills	Primary cutaneous infection	Treated with ciprofloxacin; clinically stable; discharged with no sign of disease	Duncan and Smith [1]
2006	23-year-old man	Lamellar keratitis	Treated with amikacin, azithromycin, ciprofloxacin, and clarithromycin; clinically stable; patient had 20/15 visual acuity on the affected eye 1 year after surgery	Ramos-Esteban et al. [8]
2003	40-year-old immunocompetent woman with no chills	Ovarian mass torsion	Treated with clindamycin, ciprofloxacin, and rifampin; clinically stable; discharged with no sign of disease	Dib et al. [2]