Uvulitis caused by anaerobic bacteria
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1Department of Pediatrics, Georgetown University, School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA.
Objective:
I present two children with bacteremic uvulitis due to anaerobic bacteria.
Results:
Fusobacterium nucleatum was recovered from the blood, and Haemophilus influenzae type b was recovered from a surface uvular culture of one patient. beta-Lactamase-producing Prevotella intermedia was isolated for the blood of the other patient. Both patients responded to parenteral, followed by oral, antimicrobial therapy.
Conclusions:
These findings illustrate the need to send blood cultures for both aerobic and anaerobic bacteria in patients with uvulitis.
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