A WEB-SURFER'S GUIDE TO BACTERIA ASSOCIATED WITH INFECTIONS IN HUMANS
Species associated with infection - T. praeacuta
Associated infections - bacteraemia
Reported susceptibilities and therapies - metronidazole
Notes - previously classified as Bacteroides praeacuta
References - Farrow, J.A., Lawson, P.A., Hippe, H., Gauglitz, U., Collins, M.D. (1995). Phylogenetic evidence that the gram-negative nonsporulating bacterium Tissierella (Bacteroides) praeacuta is a member of the Clostridium subphylum of the gram-positive bacteria and description of Tissierella creatinini sp. nov. Int. J. syst. Bacteriol. 45, 436-440.
