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FLAVOBACTERIUM MENINGOSEPTICUM ISOLATED FROM THE GENITALS
Author(s) -
Olsen Helge,
Ravn Thomas
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
acta pathologica microbiologica scandinavica section b microbiology and immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0365-5563
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1971.tb00039.x
Subject(s) - flavobacterium , microbiology and biotechnology , neisseria gonorrhoeae , meningitis , medicine , biology , pediatrics , bacteria , pseudomonas , genetics
Flavobacterium meningosepticum has been shown to be the cause of hospital infections in the form of meningitis in premature infants. This study reports the result of a search for this micro‐organism among specimens submitted for examination for Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Out of 27,600 specimens examined, 88 strains of F. meningosepticum were isolated, the majority originating from females. There were no characteristic clinical findings and no specific symptoms in the patients. It is concluded that the female genitals must be considered as possible source of hospital infection with F. meningosepticum.