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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron''}}

== Background ==

=== Microbiology ===

* [[Cellular respiration::anaerobic|Anaerobic]] [[Stain::Gram-positive]] [[Shape::bacillus]] within the genus [[Genus::Bacteroides]]

== Management ==

* Most reliably susceptible to [[metronidazole]], followed by [[imipenem]], then [[amoxicillin-clavulanic acid]] and [[piperacillin-tazobactam]][[CiteRef::nagy2011an]]
* Universally resistant to [[ampicillin]], and not reliably susceptible to [[cephalosporins]] or [[clindamycin]]

[[Category:Anaerobes]]
[[Category:Gram-negative bacilli]]