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Increasing Fusobacterium infections with Fusobacterium varium, an emerging pathogen. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2022
Infections caused by Fusobacterium species are rare; however serious infections with complications or mortality may occur occasionally. We conducted a retrospective study to investigate the clinical features of patients with Fusobacterium infections and ...
Lee SJ, Baek YJ, Kim JN, Lee KH, Lee EH, Yeom JS, Choi JY, Ku NS, Ahn JY, Kim JH, Jeong SJ.   +10 more
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Correction: Increasing Fusobacterium infections with Fusobacterium varium, an emerging pathogen. [PDF]

PLoS One
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0266610.].
Lee SJ, Baek YJ, Kim JN, Lee KH, Lee EH, Yeom JS, Choi JY, Ku NS, Ahn JY, Kim JH, Jeong SJ.   +10 more
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Epidemiology and Clinical Outcomes of Fusobacterium Infections: A Six-Year Retrospective Study. [PDF]

Medicina (Kaunas)
Background and Objectives: Anaerobic bacteria like Fusobacterium can lead to severe and life-threatening infections. The inherent complexities in the isolation of these bacteria may result in diagnostic and therapeutic delays, thereby escalating both ...
Khan A, Alzghoul H, Khan AA, Allada G, Gronquist JM, Pak J, Mukundan S, Zakhary B, Wusirika R, Sher N, Reddy R.   +10 more
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Infections Caused by Fusobacterium Species: Microbiology, Clinical Syndromes and Management: A Narrative Review. [PDF]

Infect Dis Ther
Fusobacterium spp. are Gram-negative, obligate anaerobic bacteria associated with a broad clinical spectrum, including head and neck infections; soft tissue infections; gastrointestinal and genitourinary infections; and bacteremia without an identified ...
Paret M, Katzenellenbogen G, Zilberman T, Stein M, Margalit I, Yahav D.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Bad news itself or just the messenger? The high mortality of Fusobacterium spp. infections is related to disseminated malignancy and other comorbidities

European Clinical Respiratory Journal, 2016
Background Fusobacterium species are pleomorphic, obligate anaerobic gram-negative bacilli. They are difficult to culture and grow slowly. If antibiotic treatment is initiated prior to blood cultures, the bacteria might evade detection.
Katrine Johannesen, Ram Dessau, Ole Heltberg, Uffe Bodtger   +3 more
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Skull base osteomyelitis and cranio-cervical junction instability as long-term sequelae of Lemierre syndrome: A case report. [PDF]

IDCases
The “classic” presentation of Lemierre syndrome is a post-anginal sepsis with internal jugular thrombophlebitis and metastatic infection caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum or other Fusobacterium species.
Armana S, Holland K, Reyes AH, Bentley S, Patel K, Friedman S, Traynelis VC, Nguyen DC.   +7 more
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Empyema caused by Fusobacterium nucleatum with squamous cell carcinoma of the lung: a case report and literature review

Frontiers in Medicine, 2023
BackgroundFusobacterium nucleatum is a common oral symbiotic flora that can cause respiratory tract, oral nervous system, obstetric and skin infections. Fusobacterium nucleatum infections are mostly caused by aspiration.
Yue Sun, Han Dong, Na Zhang, Peng Zhao, Yuan Qi, Xin Yang, Lingling Wang   +6 more
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A case report of liver abscesses caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum in immunocompetent patient and review of the literature

Heliyon, 2023
Background: Fusobacterium necrophorum is an anaerobic Gram-negative bacterium that can lead to opportunistic infections, including Lemierre's syndrome and less common presentations of metastatic diseases.
Xiaoqiang Zhang, Jiyun Zhou, Yinhong Zhu, Xufang Ye, Dehua Bo, Tianjiao Tang, Xiaojing Huang, Tingting Qu   +7 more
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Typing of Fusobacterium necrophorum Strains Using Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Based Methods [PDF]

Infection, Epidemiology and Microbiology, 2016
Background: Fusobacterium necrophorum as a non-spore-forming Gram-negative anaerobic bacillus is an important human and animal pathogen. It may cause severe systemic infections (Lemierre's syndrome) and some other infections. The aim of this study was to
Ahmad Rahmati
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Pylephlebitis With Concomitant Fusobacterium Bacteremia: Lemierre's Syndrome Variant of the Gut

Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases, 2022
Pylephlebitis is a rare complication of intra-abdominal infections, and Fusobacterium, traditionally associated with thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein, is an extremely rare causative organism.
Mackenzie R. Barker, Mahmoud Khreis
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