Facklamia

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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