Infections associated with malignancy
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Bacteria
- Bacteremia with many bacteria is associated with new diagnosis of colorectal cancer within 1 year[1][2]
- Clostridium species (OR 17) and in particular Clostridium septicum (OR 17) and Clostridium perfringens (OR 2)
- Gemella morbillorum (OR 15)
- Fusobacterium nucleatum (OR 5 to 7)
- Streptococcus bovis group (OR 9), mostly from
- Streptococcus gallolyticus (OR 6)
- Bacteroides species (OR 6), including Bacteroides fragilis (OR 4) and Bacteroides ovatus (OR 20)
- Gram-positive anaerobic cocci (OR 11), including Peptostreptococcus species (OR 3)
- ↑ Kwong TNY, Wang X, Nakatsu G, et al. Association between bacteremia from specific microbes and subsequent diagnosis of colorectal cancer. Gastroenterology. 2018;155(2):383–390.e8. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2018.04.028.
- ↑ Justesen US, Nielsen SL, Jensen TG, et al. Bacteremia with anaerobic bacteria and association with colorectal cancer: a population-based cohort study. Clin Infect Dis. 2022;75(10):1747–53. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciac259.
