Parvimonas micra
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Background
- Gram-positive anaerobic coccus
- Commensal member of the gut microbiota, occasionally urogenital tract and skin
Clinical Manifestations
- Chronic apical periodontitis
- Bacteremia1
- 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
References
- ^ Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Yuki Hara, Yusuke Yoshimi, Yoshiro Fujita, Masamichi Yokoe, Yoshinori Noguchi. Clinical characteristics of bloodstream infection by Parvimonas micra: retrospective case series and literature review. BMC Infectious Diseases. 2020;20(1). doi:10.1186/s12879-020-05305-y.
