A WEB-SURFER'S GUIDE TO BACTERIA ASSOCIATED WITH INFECTIONS IN HUMANS
Species associated with infection - P. asaccharolytica, P. cangingivalis, P. canoris, P. cansulci, P. catoniae, P. circumdentaria, P. crevioricanis, P. endodontalis, P. gingivalis, P. gingivicanis, P. levii, P. macacae
Associated infections - mixed anaerobic infections at various sites, periodontitis, associated with bite infections (human and animal)
Reported susceptibilities - metronidazole, ureidopenicillins, amoxycillin/clavulanate, carbapenems, cephalosporins, chloramphenicol
Note - members of oral flora of humans and animals - some previously classified as Bacteroides
Reference - Shah, H.N., Collins, M.D. (1988). Proposal for reclassification of Bacteroides asaccharolyticus, Bacteroids gingivalis, and Bacteroides endodontalis in a new genus, Porphyromonas. Int. J. syst. Bacteriol. 38, 128-131.
