Anaerobic septicemia secondary to Fusobacterium mortiferum

J Natl Med Assoc. 1986 Apr;78(4):334, 337.

Abstract

A case of anaerobic sepsis associated with Fusobacterium mortiferum is reported. Blood cultures from a 60-year-old man with type II diabetes mellitus, hypertension, severe atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, and renal insufficiency revealed on a gramstained smear highly pleomorphic gram-negative bacilli with bizarre forms and round bodies. Growth of the organism on nonselective anaerobic media and analysis of its pattern produced results characteristic of Fusobacterium mortiferum.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Fusobacterium Infections*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Periodontitis / etiology
  • Sepsis / etiology*