Beyond a single species: Mapping virulence traits across the redefined Fusobacterium nucleatum complex [PDF]
VirulenceFusobacterium nucleatum was long regarded as a single species and later subdivided into four subspecies (nucleatum, polymorphum, animalis, vincentii/fusiforme).
Marietta Wolf +7 more
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Effect of Smoking on Subgingival Microbiome in Chronic Periodontitis: A 16S rRNA Sequencing Study [PDF]
Dentistry JournalBackground: Smoking has a detrimental effect on the periodontal condition. Smoking intensity has recently been considered as a criterion for grading periodontitis cases.
Jazia A. Alblowi
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A Modified Method Incorporating Multiplex PCR Reveals Fusobacterium Prevalence in Southern Chinese Population and Its Correlations in Cancers [PDF]
Microbial BiotechnologyFusobacterium, a gram‐negative anaerobic bacillus in mouth, gastrointestinal tract and elsewhere, has long been considered as opportunistic pathogen. Increasing evidence indicate the association of Fusobacterium with human diseases, especially cancer ...
Tingting Shen +19 more
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Fusobacterium lineage profiling facilitates the clarification of the associations between non-nucleatum Fusobacterium and colorectal cancer [PDF]
npj Biofilms and MicrobiomesNon-nucleatum Fusobacterium may play a nonnegligible role in colorectal cancer (CRC) and certain Fusobacterium lineages (namely, L1 and L5) have shown specific associations with CRC. We aim to clarify the complex connections between Fusobacterium and CRC.
Yuli Wu +14 more
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Oncobiome and personalized cancer medicine: myth or reality? [PDF]
World Cancer Research Journal, 2021 The human body is a complex ecosystem inhabited and influenced by an abundance of microorganisms that include bacteria, viruses, fungi, archaea, and protozoa, which collectively make up the commensal microbiota.
M. Romeo
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Changes in the intestinal microbiota as a predictor of the development of colorectal cancer in the elderly persons: a case study [PDF]
Клиническая практика, 2022 Background: Currently, there is an increase in cancer among the elderly. Despite the obvious advances in the healthcare related to the diagnosis of the disease and its treatment, oncopathology occupies a high position in the structure of the overall ...
Svetlana N. Lagutina +4 more
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Síndrome de Lemierre con distress respiratorio
Galicia Clínica, 2021 Lemierre's syndrome is a clinical triad of acute oropharyngeal infection, secondary local invasion and vein thrombosis often involving the internal jugular vein, along with evidence of systemic septic embolism.
Miguel Silva +3 more
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An atypical case of Lemierre syndrome following oropharyngeal infection [PDF]
Kosin Medical Journal, 2018 Lemierre syndrome is characterized by anaerobic bacterial infection in the head and neck and clinical or radiological evidence of internal jugular vein thrombophlebitis.
Seo Yeon Yang +6 more
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Cryptogenic Pyogenic Liver Abscess Due to Fusobacterium nucleatum in an Immunocompetent Patient
European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2020 In this case, a 76-year-old female presented with 3–4 days of fever with no other localizing signs. Notably, she had had an untreated Fusobacterium bacteraemia approximately 8 weeks prior to admission. She underwent abdominal imaging which demonstrated a
Neeraja Swaminathan, Francisco Aguilar
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Lemierre Syndrome: A Meta-analysis
International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2020 Introduction Lemierre syndrome, or postpharyngitis anaerobic sepsis, is an infrequent but life-threatening infection that often involves thrombosis of the internal jugular vein.
Mitchell R. Gore
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