Fusobacterium necrophorum presenting as isolated lung nodules

Lemierre's syndrome: an unusual cause of calf abscess.

Blood cultures and intraoperative tissue cultures grew gram-negative rods on Day 2 of admission, from which Fusobacterium necrophorum was isolated. Referral was made to the Infectious Disease specialist and antibiotic therapy was changed to intravenous penicillin and metronidazole when the culture results were available. A diagnosis of Lemierre’s syndrome was made and further work up was done t...

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Fusobacterium emphysematous pyomyositis with necrotizing fasciitis of the leg presenting as compartment syndrome: a case report

BACKGROUND Fusobacterium necrophorum is a common agent of disease in humans, but the occurrence of primary infections outside the head and neck area is extremely rare. While infection with Fusobacterium necrophorum has a rather benign course above the thorax, the organism is capable of producing very severe disease when located in unusual sites, including various forms of septic thrombophlebiti...

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.

Factor H binding as a complement evasion mechanism for an anaerobic pathogen, Fusobacterium necrophorum.

Fusobacterium necrophorum subspecies funduliforme is an obligate anaerobic Gram-negative rod causing invasive infections such as the life-threatening Lemierre's syndrome (sore throat, septicemia, jugular vein thrombosis, and disseminated infection). The aim of our study was to understand if and how F. necrophorum avoids C activation. We studied 12 F. necrophorum subsp. funduliforme strains isol...