https://www.selleckchem.com/products/cep-18770.html Bacillus cereus is a gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium that is commonly implicated in foodborne illness but has also become increasingly recognized as a source of serious non-gastrointestinal infections, including sepsis, meningitis, and pneumonia. Non-gastrointestinal B. cereus infections have been identified in children, especially in neonates; however, there are no previously described cases of fetal demise associated with B. cereus placental infection. We present a case of acute chorioamnionitis-related intrauterine fetal demise of twin A at 17 weeks gestation, noted two days after selective termination of twin B. Histological examination revealed numerous gram-positive bacilli in placental tissue, as well as fetal vasculature, in the setting of severe acute necrotizing chorioamnionitis and subchorionitis, intervillous abscesses, acute villitis, and peripheral acute funisitis. Cultures of maternal blood and placental tissue both yielded growth of B. cereus. This case underscores the importance of B. cereus as a human pathogen, and specifically demonstrates its potential as an agent of severe intraamniotic and placental infection with poor outcomes for the fetus. A major challenge of large abdominal incisional hernia repair is the high rates of wound complications. Closed incision negative pressure therapy (CINPT) can offer many treatment advantages in the management of these wounds and has been shown to reduce complications for other postoperative incisions. This study assesses the wound outcomes for hernia repair patients receiving CINPT. A six-year retrospective case series of patients who had undergone large abdominal incisional hernia repair wounds treated with CINPT was conducted. Outcomes for patients treated with CINPT were compared with patients who had not received CINPT acting as a control. A total of 23 patients were treated with CINPT after hernia repair and compared with 12 patients in the contro