Open AccessClinico-microbiological spectrum of anaerobic pyogenic infections in an Indian tertiary care teaching hospital: A two-year study
Author(s) -
Shashwati Nema,
Swagata Brahmachari,
Teja N Vishnu,
Debasis Biswas
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_2368_20
Subject(s) - obligate anaerobe , bacteroides fragilis , microbiology and biotechnology , anaerobic exercise , prevotella , anaerobic bacteria , medicine , bacteroides , fusobacterium , veillonella , peptostreptococcus , obligate , agar plate , biology , antibiotics , physiology , streptococcus , bacteria , ecology , genetics
Anaerobes are important however the most neglected pathogens. Timely isolation of anaerobes can guide the clinician about the correct course of clinical treatment and thus reduce the mortality and also the problem of antimicrobial resistance.