Species associated with infection - A. fermentans

Reported infections - abscesses, post surgical infections

Reported susceptibilities and treatments - metronidazole

References - Sugihara et al. (1974). Isolation of Acidaminococcus fermentans and Megasphaera elsdenii from normal human feces. Appl. Microbiol. 27, 274-275. - Chatterjee and Chakraborti (1995). Non-sporing anaerobes in certain surgical group of patients. J. Indian med. Assoc. 93, 333-335, 339.

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