In a blood culture, from peripheral venous puncture, growth of Dysgonomonas was demonstrated as well as Prevotella spp. and metronidazole was added. No growth was detected in blood culture from the central venous catheter (CVC). Two days later Dysgonomonas was grown again in blood cultures ...
Almuzara, M. N., R. Cittadini, P. J. Ladelfa, L. Olivieri, M. S. Ramirez, C. Zamponi, A.M.R. Famiglietti, and C. A. Vay. 2009. Bacteremia caused by Dysgonomonas spp.: A report of two cases. Clin. Microbiol. Newsletter 31: 99-102....
Dysgonomonas spp. are facultative heterotrophs which colonize diverse environments, including the hindgut of the lower termite Reticulitermes flavipes . Dysgonomonas genomes are enriched for genes involving oligo- and polysaccharide utilization, enabling modification of a wide array of complex glycans. ...
Vibrio species are found ubiquitously in aquatic environments and more than 70 Vibrio spp. are classified as responsible for trauma-related, extraintestinal infections and intestinal infections with diarrhea.30 Vibrio cholerae is the etiologic agent of cholera. This is a motile, gram-negative, facultat...