A WEB-SURFER'S GUIDE TO BACTERIA ASSOCIATED WITH INFECTIONS IN HUMANS

Flavobacterium

Species associated with infection - 3 unnamed spp. (CDC groups IIe, IIh and IIi)

Rare causes of infection in debilitated patients - email me if you know of a good clinical reference

- for Flavobacterium breve see Empedobacter brevis

- for Flavobacterium gleum, F. indologenes and F. meningosepticum see Chryseobacterium

- for Flavobacterium mizutae, F. multivorum, F. spiritivorum. F. thalpophilum see Sphingobacterium

- for Flavobacterium odoratus and F. odoratimimus see Myroides

References - Dees, S.B., Moss, C.W., Hollis, D.G., Weaver, R.E. (1986). Chemical characterization of Flavobacterium odoratum, Flavobacterium breve, and Flavobacterium-like groups IIe, IIh, and IIf. J. clin. Microbiol. 23, 267-273.

 

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