Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron
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Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron
Background
Microbiology
- Anaerobic Gram-positive bacillus within the genus Bacteroides
Management
- Most reliably susceptible to metronidazole, followed by imipenem, then amoxicillin-clavulanic acid and piperacillin-tazobactam1
- Universally resistant to ampicillin, and not reliably susceptible to cephalosporins or clindamycin
References
- ^ E. Nagy, E. Urbán, Carl Erik Nord. Antimicrobial susceptibility of Bacteroides fragilis group isolates in Europe: 20 years of experience. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 2011;17(3):371-379. doi:10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03256.x.
