Infecciones producidas por Bilophila wadsworthia: anaerobio estricto, de lento crecimiento, difícil diagnóstico de laboratorio e importante resistencia contra los antimicrobianos.

Bilophila wadsworthia is an asaccharolytic, Gram-negative, bile-resistant, catalase-positive bacillus that is often urease positive and able to reduce nitrate to nitrite. Growth is stimulated by taurine, which is a cysteine derivative and major organic solute in humans. Bilophila have been recovered...

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Published in:	Revista Biomedica Vol. 23; no. 2; pp. 65 - 71
Main Author:	Quesada-Gómez, Carlos
Format:	Article
Published:	Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan may-ago2012
Subjects:	Bacillus (Bacteria) Clinical pathology Catalase Drug resistance in microorganisms Gram-negative bacterial diseases Taurine Anaerobic infections Appendicitis treatment
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