Pathogens
Fusobacterium species

Fusobacterium species

Precautions

Routine Practices

Susceptibilities

General Information

Obligate anaerobic filamentous Gram-negative bacillus

  • Naturally found in the oropharyngeal and genital tracts of humans and animals, and less frequently the gastrointestinal tract.
  • Global distribution.

Community acquired infections including:

  • Septic jugular thrombophlebitis (Lemierre's disease for F. necrophorum)
  • Sublingual/submandibular cellulitis (Vincent's angina)
  • Acute necrotic ulcerative gingivitis (trench mouth)
  • Aspiration pneumonia
  • Empyema
  • Intra-abdominal infections
  • Bloodstream infections