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Fusobacterium nucleatum and oral cancer: a critical review [PDF]

BMC Cancer, 2021
There is a growing level of interest in the potential role inflammation has on the initiation and progression of malignancy. Notable examples include Helicobacter pylori-mediated inflammation in gastric cancer and more recently Fusobacterium nucleatum ...
Emily McIlvanna, Gerard J. Linden, Stephanie G. Craig, Fionnuala T. Lundy, Jacqueline A. James   +4 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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Comparative genome analysis of Fusobacterium nucleatum [PDF]

Genome Biology and Evolution, 2016
Fusobacterium nucleatum is considered to be a key oral bacterium in recruiting periodontal pathogens into subgingival dental plaque. Currently F. nucleatum can be subdivided into five subspecies. Our previous genome analysis of F.
Paterson, Ian C, Choo, S.W., Wee, Wei Yee, Dutta, Avirup, Dutta, A., Wee, W.Y., Dymock, David, Choo, Siew Woh, Ang, M.Y., Dymock, D., Ang, Mia Yang, Paterson, I.C.   +11 more
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Adhesin RadD: the secret weapon of Fusobacterium nucleatum

Gut Microbes
Fusobacterium nucleatum can promote colorectal cancer (CRC) development through a variety of virulence proteins. Zhang et al. recently identified an adhesin RadD, for Fusobacterium nucleatum adhesion to CRC.
Dingjiacheng Jia, Shujie Chen
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COVID-19–Associated Fusobacterium nucleatum Bacteremia, Belgium [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021
We report 4 cases of Fusobacterium nucleatum bacteremia associated with coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Three cases occurred concomitantly with COVID-19 diagnosis; 1 occurred on day 15 of intensive care. None of the patients had known risk factors for F.
Louis Wolff, Delphine Martiny, Véronique Yvette Miendje Deyi, Evelyne Maillart, Philippe Clevenbergh, Nicolas Dauby   +5 more
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Progress in Fusobacterium nucleatum

Di-san junyi daxue xuebao, 2019
Fusobacterium nucleatum (F. nucleatum) is one of the resident members in oral microflora, and has a symbiotic relationship with the host. F. nucleatum can cause a variety of opportunistic infections, and many recent studies have linked it to the ...
MAO Xuhu, TONG Yanan
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Fusobacterium nucleatum Bacteremia Presenting as Isolated Superior Mesenteric Vein Thrombophlebitis

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
Fusobacterium nucleatum (F. nucleatum) is a commensal Gram-negative anaerobic bacterium that lives in the oral cavity and gastrointestinal tract of humans. While it is a regular resident of the human oral cavity, F.
Alaukika Agarwal, Ekrem Yetiskul, Ronak Patel, Faris Qaqish, Hamzah Qandil, Neville Mobarakai   +5 more
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Fusobacterium nucleatum and cancer [PDF]

Periodontology 2000, 2022
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, Ofer Mandelboim, Gilad Bachrach   +2 more
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<i>Fusobacterium nucleatum</i> in Health and Disease. [PDF]

MedComm (2020)
ABSTRACT Fusobacterium nucleatum ( F. nucleatum ), a prevalent anaerobe primarily colonizing the oral cavity, functions as both a commensal biofilm architect and an opportunistic pathogen.
Yang X, Zhang S, Ning T, Wu J.
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Fusobacterium nucleatum pericarditis [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 1983
A pericardial effusion was diagnosed by echocardiography in a 49 year old man who suffered acute cough, orthopnea, and chest pain. Because of a positive tuberculin skin test, mycobacteria were initially suspected as the cause of the pericarditis. The patient was therefore treated with antituberculosis drugs.
A L, Truant, S, Menge, K, Milliorn, R, Lairscey, M T, Kelly   +4 more
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