Parvimonas micra
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Parvimonas micra
Background
- Gram-positive anaerobic coccus
- Commensal member of the gut microbiota, occasionally urogenital tract and skin
Clinical Manifestations
- Chronic apical periodontitis
- Bacteremia[1]
- Can be from discitis (30%), oropharyngeal infection (25%), intraabdominal abscess (15%), GI tract infection (10%), endocarditis (10%), and septic pulmonary emboli (10%)
- Up to half have polymicrobial bacteremia
- May also be involved in meningitis, brain abscess, and neck abscess
Management
- Fairly susceptible, including to penicillin, piperacillin-tazobactam, meropenem, clindamycin
- ↑ Watanabe, T., Hara, Y., Yoshimi, Y. et al. Clinical characteristics of bloodstream infection by Parvimonas micra: retrospective case series and literature review. BMC Infect Dis 20, 578 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-05305-y
