Species associated with infection - A. adiacens, A. defectiva, A. elegans

Reported infections - endophthalmitis, brain abscess, osteomyelitis

Reported susceptibilities and treatments - vancomycin, ceftriaxone

Notes - previoulsy known as nutritionally variant streptococci

References - Heath et al. (1998). Vertebral osteomyelitis and discitis associated with Abiotrophia adiacens (nutritionally variant streptococcus) infection. Aust. N. Z. J. Med. 28, 663. - Biermann et al. (1999). Isolation of Abiotrophia adiacens from a brain abscess which developed in a patient after neurosurgery. J. clin. Microbiol. 37, 769-771. - Namdari et al. (1999). Abiotrophia species as a cause of endophthalmitis following cataract extraction. J. clin. Microbiol. 37, 1564-1566.

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