Changes in the intestinal microbiota as a predictor of the development of colorectal cancer in the elderly persons: a case study [PDF]
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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Fusobacterium nucleatum and cancer [PDF]
AbstractAccumulating evidence demonstrates that the oral pathobiont Fusobacterium nucleatum is involved in the progression of an increasing number of tumors types. Thus far, the mechanisms underlying tumor exacerbation by F. nucleatum include the enhancement of proliferation, establishment of a tumor‐promoting immune environment, induction of ...
Tamar Alon‐Maimon +2 more
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Síndrome de Lemierre con distress respiratorio
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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Fusobacterium pseudonecrophorum Is a Synonym for Fusobacterium varium [PDF]
DNA-DNA hybridization studies (with the S1 nuclease method [J. L. Johnson, Methods Microbiol. 18:33-74, 1985]) were performed on members of the genus Fusobacterium. Fusobacterium varium ATCC 8501Tshowed 88 and 79% DNA homology with F. pseudonecrophorum JCM 3722Tand JCM 3723, respectively, while F.
G. D. BAILEY, D. N. LOVE
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An atypical case of Lemierre syndrome following oropharyngeal infection [PDF]
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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Prevalence and Phylogenetic Analysis of Fusobacterium nucleatum and Virulent Factor FadA among Ulcerative Colitis Precancerous and Colorectal Carcinoma Patients in the Iraqi Kurdish Population [PDF]
Fusobacterium nucleatum is considered one of the main risk factors that play a key role in the promotion and progression of colorectal carcinoma. The main goal of this study is to find out the association between the prevalence of various subtypes of ...
H. J Taher, F. H Kamel
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Fusobacterium Liver Abscess [PDF]
<i>Fusobacterium</i> is well characterized as an oropharyngeal pathogen that may induce a septic thrombophlebitis by direct extension of abscess into an adjacent neck vessel (Lemierre's syndrome); its potential for visceral abscess formation, however, remains under-recognized.
Ben D. Buelow +2 more
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Cytotoxicity of Fusobacterium ulcerans [PDF]
A new species of Fusobacterium, F. ulcerans, was isolated from 46 tropical ulcers. All the isolates had shown identical soluble cell protein patterns on polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis although there were two morphological types with slightly different biochemical properties.
B, Adriaans, H, Garelick
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Actinomycosis with Fusobacterium empyema
Actinomyces, are gram-positive, non-spore forming anaerobic or microaerophilic species. Empyema due to actinomycosis is relatively rare and can be difficult to diagnose as the presenting symptoms may be indolent and the micro-organism may be difficult to culture.
Sykes, Christopher +2 more
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Cryptogenic Pyogenic Liver Abscess Due to Fusobacterium nucleatum in an Immunocompetent Patient
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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