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**''Facklamia sourekii''
 
**''Facklamia sourekii''
 
**''Faklamia tabacinasalis''
 
**''Faklamia tabacinasalis''
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*Often isolated from animal specimens, although some think that it may be human flora of vagina, skin, or gut
   
 
==Clinical Presentation==
 
==Clinical Presentation==
   
*Rare opportunistic pathogen primarily presenting with bacteremia
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*Rare opportunistic pathogen primarily presenting with [[bacteremia]]
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*Often of unclear clinical significance (that is, whether it is a true pathogen or contaminant)
*Case reports of vaginitis, wound infection, abscess, meningitis, and osteomyelitis
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*Case reports of [[vaginitis]], wound infection, [[abscess]], [[Bacterial meningitis|meningitis]], and [[osteomyelitis]]
   
 
==Management==
 
==Management==

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Background

Microbiology

  • Genus of Gram-positive cocci in chains or diplococci (or for F. languida, in clusters)
  • Previously would have been identified as a viridans group streptococcus
  • Includes five species:
    • Facklamia hominis
    • Facklamia ignava
    • Facklamia languida
    • Facklamia sourekii
    • Faklamia tabacinasalis
  • Often isolated from animal specimens, although some think that it may be human flora of vagina, skin, or gut

Clinical Presentation

Management

Further Reading

  • Antimicrobial Susceptibilities and Clinical Sources of Facklamia Species. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2000;44(8):2130-2132. doi: 10.1128/aac.44.8.2130-2132.2000