A WEB-SURFER'S GUIDE TO BACTERIA ASSOCIATED WITH INFECTIONS IN HUMANS

Desulfomonas

Species associated with infection - D. pigra

Associated with pilonidal abscess and peritonitis - from faecal flora

Susceptibilities - if you know of published data, please email me

Reference - Gibson, G.R., Macfarlane, G.T., Cummings, J.H. (1988). Occurrence of sulphate-reducing bacteria in human faeces and the relationship of dissimilatory sulphate reduction to methanogenesis in the large gut. J. appl. Bacteriol. 65, 103-111.

 

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