A six-month audit of the isolation of Fusobacterium necrophorum from patients with sore throat in a district general hospital

Fusobacterium necrophorum is an obligate anaerobe believed to be a member of the normal flora of the human oropharangeal and urogenital tract. It has been associated with deep-seated infections and was first described in 1936 by Lemierre, a French microbiologist. There is now strong evidence to sugg...

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Veröffentlicht in:	British journal of biomedical science 2007-01, Vol.64 (2), p.63-65
Hauptverfasser:	Amess, J.A., O'neill, W., Giollariabhaigh, Ni, Dytrych, J.K.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Child Child, Preschool Corynebacterium diphtheriae Diphtheria - diagnosis Disk Diffusion Antimicrobial Tests Female Fever Fusobacterium Infections - diagnosis Fusobacterium necrophorum Fusobacterium necrophorum - isolation & purification Hospitals Hospitals, District Hospitals, General Humans Infant Male Medical Audit - methods Middle Aged Patients Pharyngitis Pharyngitis - microbiology Pharynx - microbiology Prevalence Recurrence Streptococcal infections Streptococcal Infections - diagnosis Streptococcus pyogenes - isolation & purification Studies
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