Related Experiment Videos
Odontogenic infection secondary to Leuconostoc species
H S Wenocur1, M A Smith, E M Vellozzi
1Division of Infectious Diseases, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, New York 11042.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|September 1, 1988
Abstract:
Leuconostoc species are gaining importance as pathogenic organisms. We present the first case of odontogenic infection caused by Leuconostoc spp. Isolates initially identified as streptococci were found to be vancomycin resistant. Rigorous bacteriologic investigation subsequently classified these organisms as Leuconostoc mesenteroides.