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Peptococcus

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Peptococcus [pep″to-kok´us]
a genus of gram-positive, anaerobic, coccoid bacteria; they are part of the flora of the mouth, upper respiratory tract, and large intestine, and also cause soft tissue infection and bacteremias. P. mag´nus is the species most often recovered from clinical specimens.

Peptococcus
a genus of non-spore-forming, gram-positive anaerobic cocci which have been recovered from infected dog bite wounds. The type species is P. niger.


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10) In a review of 33 cases of anaerobic spondylodiscitis (not including Actinomyces) done by Saeed et al, the most common pathogenic organisms isolated included Bacteroides species, Propionibacterium acnes, and Peptococcus species.
Causative anaerobes were recovered from disk space or vertebrae (13), blood (4), and/or soft tissue abscess and included Bacteroides species (12), Propionibacterium acnes (7), Peptococcus species (4), Peptostreptococcus species and Clostridium species (3 each), Corynebacterium diphtheroides and Fusobacterium species (2 each), and unspecified anaerobes (3).
14,15) In the type I form, at least one anaerobic species is present, most commonly Bacteroides, Peptococcus, Fusobacterium, Clostridium, or Corynebacterium.
 
 
 
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