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Teruyoshi Hisamoto1, Megumi Hirabayashi1, Mariko Nakatani1
1Department of Dermatology, Mizonokuchi Hospital, Teikyo University School of Medicine, 5-1-1 Futako, Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, 213-8507, Japan.
Abstract:
Prevotella bivia (P. bivia) is an anaerobic Gram-negative rod usually inhabiting in the urogenital system, and sometimes in the intra-oral space, whose infection to other parts of body is extremely rare. In this report, we describe a rare case of a recurrent infectious abscess due to P. bivia in the right shoulder of a middle-aged female.
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