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Fusobacterium emphysematous pyomyositis with necrotizing fasciitis of the leg presenting as compartment syndrome: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2017
Background Fusobacterium necrophorum is a common agent of disease in humans, but the occurrence of primary infections outside the head and neck area is extremely rare.
Eduardo Smith-Singares, Joseph Adjei Boachie, Izaskun M. Iglesias, Leland Jaffe, Adam Goldkind, Eric I. Jeng   +5 more
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Culture on Selective Media and Amplicon-Based Sequencing of 16S rRNA from Spontaneous Brain Abscess—the View from the Diagnostic Laboratory

Microbiology Spectrum, 2022
Forty-one stored samples from cases of spontaneous brain abscess were investigated to gain insight into the natural history, causative agents, and relevant laboratory diagnostics of a rare infection.
Camilla Andersen, Bo Bergholt, Winnie Ridderberg, Niels Nørskov-Lauritsen   +3 more
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Primary meningitis due to Fusobacterium nucleatum successfully treated with ceftriaxone in a healthy adult male

IDCases, 2019
Fusobacterium nucleatum is a rod-shaped gram-negative obligate anaerobe; this organism, and other anaerobes, are usually not a part of the culture performed for a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) sample. To date, four cases of Fusobacterium meningitis in adults
Trager Hintze, Michelle Steed, Eric Sievers, John T. Bagwell, Nicola Selfa   +4 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, Hae Yeul Park, Kyoung Hwa Lee, You Jin Chun, Hyo Eun Kim, Seong Han Kim, Su Jin Jeong   +6 more
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Distribution, Trends, and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Bacteroides, Clostridium, Fusobacterium, and Prevotella Species Causing Bacteremia in Japan During 2011–2020: A Retrospective Observational Study Based on National Surveillance Data

Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2023
Background The increasing prevalence of anaerobic bacteremia is a major concern worldwide and requires longitudinal monitoring. Methods We present one of the largest and longest longitudinal studies on the prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of ...
T. Kajihara, K. Yahara, Norikazu Kitamura, Aki Hirabayashi, Yumiko Hosaka, Motoyuki Sugai   +5 more
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Bacterial Infections and Cancer: Exploring This Association And Its Implications for Cancer Patients

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023
Bacterial infections are common in the etiology of human diseases owing to the ubiquity of bacteria. Such infections promote the development of periodontal disease, bacterial pneumonia, typhoid, acute gastroenteritis, and diarrhea in susceptible hosts ...
Kafayat Aderonke Yusuf, V. Sampath, S. Umar   +2 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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Fusobacterium nucleatum promotes colon cancer progression by changing the mucosal microbiota and colon transcriptome in a mouse model

World Journal of Gastroenterology, 2022
BACKGROUND Fusobacterium nucleatum (F. nucleatum) has long been known to cause opportunistic infections and has recently been implicated in colorectal cancer (CRC), which has attracted broad attention.
Na Wu, Yucai Feng, Na Lyu, Di Wang, Wei Yu, Yongfei Hu   +5 more
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Antibiofilm activity of ultra-small gold nanoclusters against Fusobacterium nucleatum in dental plaque biofilms

Journal of Nanobiotechnology, 2022
Pathogenic dental plaque biofilms are universal and harmful, which can result in oral infections and systemic diseases. Many conventional therapeutic methods have proven insufficient or ineffective against plaque biofilms.
Yangheng Zhang, Rixin Chen, Yuxian Wang, Peng Wang, Jiajie Pu, Xiaoqiang Xu, Faming Chen, Ling Jiang, Qing Jiang, Fuhua Yan   +9 more
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Lemierre syndrome presenting as acute mastoiditis in a 2-year-old girl with congenital dwarfism

Infectious Disease Reports, 2015
Lemierre syndrome is defined by septic thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein caused by Fusobacterium. Historically, these infections originate from the oropharynx and typically are seen in older children, adolescents and young adults.
Jason B. Fischer, Andrew Prout, R. Alexander Blackwood, Kavita Warrier   +3 more
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