Species associated with infection - B. wadsworthia

Reported infections - appendicitis, abscesses, bacteraemia, biliary tract sepsis

Reported susceptibilities and treatments - metronidazole, amoxycillin-clavulanate, ureidopenicillins, cephalosporins

Notes - reported form faecal flora

References - Kasten, M.J., Rosenblatt, J.E., Gustafson, D.R. (1992). Bilophila wadsworthia bacteremia in two patients with hepatic abscesses. J. clin. Microbiol. 30, 2502-2503. - Summanen, P., Downes, J., Roberts, M.C., Wexler, H., Finegold, S.M. (1989). Bilophila wadsworthia, gen. nov. and sp. nov., a unique gram-negative anaerobic rod recovered from appendicitis specimens and human faeces. J. gen. Microbiol. 135, 3405-3411.

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