Bacillus cereus

Laboratory

• Gram-positive
• aerobic / facultative anaerobes
• spore forming

Diseases

• gastroenteritis ("Chinese take-away syndrome")
• ocular infections
• canula-related sepsis

Treatment

• Vancomycin
• clindamycin
• ciprofloxacin
• gentamicin

(Penicillins, cephalosporins ineffective)