Species associated with infection - P. bivia, P. buccae, P. corporis, P. dentalis (previously Mitsuokella dentalis), P. denticola, P. disiens, P. enoeca, P. heparinolytica, P. intermedia, P. loeschii, P. melaninogenica, P. nigrescens, P. oralis, P. oris, P. oulora, P. tannerae, P. venoralis, P. zoogleoformans
Associated infections - abscesses, bacteraemia, wound infection, bite infections, genital tract infections, periodontitis
Reported susceptibilities - metronidazole, amoxycillin/clavulanate, ureidopenicilins, carbapenems, cephalosporins, clindamycin, chloramphenicol
Note - includes the former Bacteroides melaninogenicus and allied anaerobes
References - Shah, H.N., Collins, D.M. (1990). Prevotella, a new genus to include Bacteroides melaninogenicus and related species formerly classified in the genus Bacterioides. Int. J. syst. Bacteriol. 40, 205-208. - Flynn, M.J., Li, G., Slots, J. (1994). Mitsuokella dentalis in human periodontitis. Oral Microbiol. Immunol. 9, 248-250.
