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In microbiology, Bacteroides fragilis is a "gram-negative bacteria occurring in the lower intestinal tracts of man and other animals. It is the most common species of anaerobic bacteria isolated from human soft tissue infections."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref>
In [[microbiology]], '''''Bacteroides fragilis''''' is a "gram-negative bacteria occurring in the lower intestinal tracts of man and other animals. It is the most common species of anaerobic bacteria isolated from human soft tissue infections."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref>


B frag may cause [[bacteremia]].<ref name="pmid7548498">{{cite journal| author=Redondo MC, Arbo MD, Grindlinger J, Snydman DR| title=Attributable mortality of bacteremia associated with the Bacteroides fragilis group. | journal=Clin Infect Dis | year= 1995 | volume= 20 | issue= 6 | pages= 1492-6 | pmid=7548498 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=clinical.uthscsa.edu/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=7548498 }} </ref><ref name="pmid16341345">{{cite journal| author=Hung MN, Chen SY, Wang JL, Chang SC, Hsueh PR, Liao CH et al.| title=Community-acquired anaerobic bacteremia in adults: one-year experience in a medical center. | journal=J Microbiol Immunol Infect | year= 2005 | volume= 38 | issue= 6 | pages= 436-43 | pmid=16341345 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=clinical.uthscsa.edu/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=16341345 }} </ref><ref name="pmid19812858">{{cite journal| author=Cheng CW, Lin HS, Ye JJ, Yang CC, Chiang PC, Wu TS et al.| title=Clinical significance of and outcomes for Bacteroides fragilis bacteremia. | journal=J Microbiol Immunol Infect | year= 2009 | volume= 42 | issue= 3 | pages= 243-50 | pmid=19812858 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=clinical.uthscsa.edu/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=19812858 }} </ref>
B frag may cause [[bacteremia]].<ref name="pmid7548498">{{cite journal| author=Redondo MC, Arbo MD, Grindlinger J, Snydman DR| title=Attributable mortality of bacteremia associated with the Bacteroides fragilis group. | journal=Clin Infect Dis | year= 1995 | volume= 20 | issue= 6 | pages= 1492-6 | pmid=7548498 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=clinical.uthscsa.edu/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=7548498 }} </ref><ref name="pmid16341345">{{cite journal| author=Hung MN, Chen SY, Wang JL, Chang SC, Hsueh PR, Liao CH et al.| title=Community-acquired anaerobic bacteremia in adults: one-year experience in a medical center. | journal=J Microbiol Immunol Infect | year= 2005 | volume= 38 | issue= 6 | pages= 436-43 | pmid=16341345 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=clinical.uthscsa.edu/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=16341345 }} </ref><ref name="pmid19812858">{{cite journal| author=Cheng CW, Lin HS, Ye JJ, Yang CC, Chiang PC, Wu TS et al.| title=Clinical significance of and outcomes for Bacteroides fragilis bacteremia. | journal=J Microbiol Immunol Infect | year= 2009 | volume= 42 | issue= 3 | pages= 243-50 | pmid=19812858 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=clinical.uthscsa.edu/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=19812858 }} </ref>

Revision as of 12:15, 13 June 2010

In microbiology, Bacteroides fragilis is a "gram-negative bacteria occurring in the lower intestinal tracts of man and other animals. It is the most common species of anaerobic bacteria isolated from human soft tissue infections."[1]

B frag may cause bacteremia.[2][3][4]

References

  1. Anonymous (2024), Bacteroides fragilis (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  2. Redondo MC, Arbo MD, Grindlinger J, Snydman DR (1995). "Attributable mortality of bacteremia associated with the Bacteroides fragilis group.". Clin Infect Dis 20 (6): 1492-6. PMID 7548498.
  3. Hung MN, Chen SY, Wang JL, Chang SC, Hsueh PR, Liao CH et al. (2005). "Community-acquired anaerobic bacteremia in adults: one-year experience in a medical center.". J Microbiol Immunol Infect 38 (6): 436-43. PMID 16341345.
  4. Cheng CW, Lin HS, Ye JJ, Yang CC, Chiang PC, Wu TS et al. (2009). "Clinical significance of and outcomes for Bacteroides fragilis bacteremia.". J Microbiol Immunol Infect 42 (3): 243-50. PMID 19812858.