Fusobacterium Infections

Known as: Sphaerophorus Infection, Infections, Fusobacterium, Infection, Fusobacterium

Infection with anaerobic gram-negative bacteria of the genus Fusobacterium. It results in abscess formation and tissue damage.

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2016

PURPOSE To compare prevalence and microbial load of six periodontal pathogens between Italian and Dutch patients affected by…

1991

: We present 1 case of right sided endocarditis caused by Fusobacterium nucleatum in a patient with intravenous drug addiction…

1989

Excerpt To the Editor:Splenic abscess is relatively uncommon. At one teaching institution, only 11 cases were found in a 30-year…

1986

A case of anaerobic sepsis associated with Fusobacterium mortiferum is reported. Blood cultures from a 60-year-old man with type…

1980

A new Gram-negative, non-sporulating, rod-shaped, anaerobic bacterium capable of fermenting cellulose and starch was isolated…

1979

The main cause of anaerobic pulmonary infections is aspiration of saliva, upper airway secretions or gastric content…

1977

A 47-year-old man had multiple pyogenic liver abscesses from which the anaerobic bacteria Fusobacterium nucleatum and…

1973

SUMMARY: Washed Fusobacterium polymorphum did not initiate growth under semi-anaerobic conditions unless reducing compounds were…

1972

To the Editor.— Although penicillin has been established as the treatment of choice for actinomycosis, patients with penicillin…

1971

Schaedler agar (SA) and Trypticase soy-yeast extract agar (TSYEA), both supplemented with rabbit blood (5%, v/v) and menadione (0…