Meningitis due to Fusobacterium necrophorum in an adult

Primary meningitis caused by Bacteroides fragilis and Fusobacterium necrophorum.

A fatal case of meningitis due to Bacteroides fragilis and Fusobacterium necrophorum is reported. This appears to be the first case in which meningitis due to these organisms was not secondary to a disease elsewhere in the body. The organisms are difficult to culture and strict anaerobic methods should be used whenever they are suspected. Intravenous metronidazole is probably the antibiotic of ...

Tonsillar colonisation of Fusobacterium necrophorum in patients subjected to tonsillectomy

BACKGROUND Fusobacterium necrophorum is a well-known cause of Lemirre's disease and accumulating evidence support its pathogenic role in peritonsillar abscess while its role in recurrent and chronic tonsillitis is uncertain. The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of oropharyngeal colonisation with F. necrophorum and Beta-haemolytic streptococci in a cohort of patients schedule...

عفونتهای ناشی از باکتری Fusobacterium necrophorum و گزارشی از دیفتری گوساله

Fusobacterium necrophorum, an emerging pathogen of otogenic and paranasal infections?

Fusobacterium necrophorum is a rare causative agent of otitis and sinusitis. Most commonly known is the classic Lemièrre's syndrome of postanginal sepsis with suppurative thrombophlebitis of the jugular vein. We report five patients diagnosed recently with a complicated infection with F. necrophorum originating from otitis or sinusitis. Two patients recovered completely, one patient died due to...

Septic arthritis of the knee due to Fusobacterium necrophorum.

Gram-negative, anaerobic bacilli are unusual organisms to be isolated in cases of acute septic arthritis. We report the isolation of Fusobacterium necrophorum from joint aspirate in a case of acute septic arthritis, which presented 3 weeks after the drainage of a dental abscess.