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A case report of liver abscesses caused by <i>Fusobacterium necrophorum</i> in immunocompetent patient and review of the literature. [PDF]

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.
Zhang X, Jiyun Zhou, Yinhong Zhu, Ye X, Bo D, Tianjiao Tang, Huang X, Qu T.   +7 more
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Comparative Genomic Analysis of Fusobacterium necrophorum Provides Insights into Conserved Virulence Genes. [PDF]

Microbiol Spectr, 2022
Fusobacterium necrophorum is a Gram-negative, filamentous anaerobe prevalent in the mucosal flora of animals and humans. It causes necrotic infections in cattle, resulting in a substantial economic impact on the cattle industry.
Bista PK, Pillai D, Roy C, Scaria J, Narayanan SK.   +4 more
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<i>Fusobacterium necrophorum</i> associated with pelvic infections: A case series and literature review. [PDF]

IDCases
Fusobacterium necrophorum is a gram-negative anaerobic bacillus most commonly implicated in oropharyngeal infections and their subsequent complications, including septic thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein, or Lemierre syndrome.
Brown M, Imam S, Pagkas-Bather J.
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Uterine Necrosis Associated withFusobacterium necrophorumInfection [PDF]

Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2015
Fusobacterium necrophorumis infrequently implicated as a pathogenic organism. When pathogenic, the typical clinical presentation is that of pharyngitis, cervical adenopathy, and unilateral thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein. Infections caused byFusobacterium necrophorumwithin the fields of obstetrics and gynecology have been infrequently ...
T. Widelock, R. Elkattah, S. Gibbs, Z. Mashak, S. Mohling, S. DePasquale   +5 more
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Empiema por Fusobacterium necrophorum

Galicia Clínica, 2014
Resumen La infección sistémica por Fusobacterium necrophorum se caracteriza por la tríada clásica de trombosis de la vena yugular interna, bacteriemia y focos metastásicos y se conoce como Síndrome de Lemierre (SL), sepsis post-angina o necrobacilosis. El compromiso pulmonar precipitado por la embolización séptica es extremadamente común en el SL, sin ...
ML. Valle Feijoo, M. Rodriguez Arias, A. Cobas Paz, J. De la Fuente Aguado   +3 more
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Longitudinal assessment of the prevalence of <i>Fusobacterium necrophorum</i>, <i>Fusobacterium</i> var<i>ium</i>, and <i>Salmonella enterica</i> in the nasal cavity, ruminal fluid, and feces of finishing beef steers with and without liver abscesses. [PDF]

Front Microbiol
The objective was to longitudinally assess the prevalence of F. necrophorum subsp. necrophorum, F. necrophorum subsp. funduliforme, F. varium, and Salmonella enterica in the nasal cavity, ruminal fluid, and feces of finishing beef steers with and without
Dornbach CW, Broadway PR, Wells JE, Childress KD, Thompson-Smith AC, Canterbury LG, Burdick Sanchez NC, Mathieu J, Schwarz C, Laverde Gomez J, Tikhonova M, Nagaraja TG, Galyean ML, Hales KE.   +13 more
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Meningitis due to Fusobacterium necrophorum

Microbiologia Medica, 2010
Introduction: Fusobacterium necrophorum is an anaerobic Gram negative bacillus highly virulent, responsible, usually in children or adolescents, of localized abscesses and pharynx, as well as severe systemic infections, called Lemierre syndrome. Methods: A 15 year old child came to the emergency department (ED) of Bambino Gesù Children Hospital ...
Luana Coltella, Paola Bernaschi, Cristina Russo, Livia Mancinelli, Donato Menichella   +4 more
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A Pediatric Case of Fusobacterium necrophorum Mastoiditis and Meningitis Case Report in a Healthy Child and Review of the Literature [PDF]

Case Reports in Pediatrics
In infants and children, bacterial meningitis caused by anaerobic bacteria is rare. However, a serious infection with the anaerobe Fusobacterium necrophorum can occur in previously healthy children with a peak incidence in preschool children and in ...
Feenstra E, Van Roest A, Boes J, Spiritus T, Kenis S, Duval E, Vanden Bossche S, Vanden Driessche K, Jorens P.   +8 more
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A Rare Case of Fusobacterium necrophorum Liver Abscesses

Clinics and Practice, 2017
Liver abscesses are an uncommon disease that can present with vague symptoms. Fusobacterium necrophorum causing liver abscesses is a rare condition and only a few cases have been reported. An 88-year-old female presented to her primary care physician with one week of fevers, night sweats, chills, fatigue and vague right upper quadrant abdominal pain ...
Faris Hannoodi, Hussam Sabbagh, Zain Kulairi, Sarwan Kumar   +3 more
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Case report: Metagenomics next-generation sequencing in the diagnosis of septic shock due to Fusobacterium necrophorum in a 6-year-old child. [PDF]

Front Cell Infect Microbiol
Fusobacterium necrophorum (F. necrophorum) infection is rare in pediatrics. In addition, the detection time of F. necrophorum by blood culture is long, and the positive rate is low. Infection with F.
Zhang H, Liu Z, Guan Y, Li D, Liu H, Ruan L.   +5 more
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