Atopobium Species associated with infection - A. minutum, A. parvulum, A. rimae, A. vaginae Reported infections - UTI, dental abscess, pelvic abscesses, wound infection Reported susceptibilities and treatments - if you know of published data, please email me Notes - A. minutum and A. rimae previously classified as Lactobacillus spp. - A. parvulum previously classified as Streptococcus parvulus References - Collins, M.D., Wallbanks, S. (1992). Comparative sequence analyses of the 16S rRNA genes of Lactobacillus minutus, Lactobacillus rimae and Streptococcus parvulus: proposal for the creation of a new genus Atopobium. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 95, 235-240. - Olsen et al. (1991). Lactobacillus uli sp. nov. and Lactobacillus rimae sp. nov. from the human gingival crevice and emended descriptions of Lactobacillus minutus and Streptococcus parvulus. Int. J. syst. Bacteriol. 41, 261-266. - Rodriguez Jovita, M., Collins, M.D., Sjödén, B., Falsen, E. (1999). Characterization of a novel Atopobium isolate from the human vagina: description of Atopobium vaginae sp. nov. Int. J. syst. Bact. 49, 1573-1576. - Meijer-Severs, G.J., Aarnoudse, J.G., Mensink, W.F., Dankert, J. (1979). The presence of antibody-coated anaerobic bacteria in asymptomatic bacteriuria during pregnancy. J. infect. Dis. 140, 653-658.
