Streptococcus constellatus and Prevotella bivia Penile Abscess

Streptococcus constellatus (S. constellatus) is known to cause abscesses in the oral, genitourinary, and gastrointestinal tracts, frequently in association with anaerobic bacteria. We report a rare case of S. constellatus and Prevotella bivia (P. bivia) causing a penile abscess, which was successful...

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Autores principales: Nalmas, Sandhya, Bishburg, Eliahu, Chan, Trini
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 2007
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Case Study
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5901063/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17982605
http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2007.240
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author Nalmas, Sandhya
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description Streptococcus constellatus (S. constellatus) is known to cause abscesses in the oral, genitourinary, and gastrointestinal tracts, frequently in association with anaerobic bacteria. We report a rare case of S. constellatus and Prevotella bivia (P. bivia) causing a penile abscess, which was successfully treated with surgical drainage and antibiotic treatment.
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spelling pubmed-59010632018-06-03 Streptococcus constellatus and Prevotella bivia Penile Abscess Nalmas, Sandhya Bishburg, Eliahu Chan, Trini ScientificWorldJournal Case Study Streptococcus constellatus (S. constellatus) is known to cause abscesses in the oral, genitourinary, and gastrointestinal tracts, frequently in association with anaerobic bacteria. We report a rare case of S. constellatus and Prevotella bivia (P. bivia) causing a penile abscess, which was successfully treated with surgical drainage and antibiotic treatment. TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 2007-10-05 /pmc/articles/PMC5901063/ /pubmed/17982605 http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2007.240 Text en Copyright © 2007 Sandhya Nalmas et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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