- 期刊
＂Peptostreptococcus magnus＂ Infections at Two Hospitals in Central Taiwan
對厭氧球菌Peptostreptococcus magnus在台灣中部地區兩所醫院分離和感染情形之研究
摘要
自西元1992年一月到1998年十二月，由中部地區289個病人中共分離296株Peptostreptococcus magnus，同時做各種生化測試，革蘭氏染色，查閱病歷以分析測知其各種臨床特性，型態和藥物試驗知結果並統計分析檢体之來源和所引起之各種感染以及在一起之其他細菌種類。本院分離最多的部位為子宮頸、糖尿病足、臍、褥瘡。而出現最多隻感染嘖為糖尿病足壞疽、骨盆腔炎、臍炎和褥瘡感染等。在21株純培養中，卻有8株來自背部組織感染，因此雖然此菌由背部組織分離的數口不是很多，卻是和此菌之感染有關，由以上結果，可證實此菌實與女性生殖道感染、糖尿病足和背部組織感染等有不可忽視之關係。何以此菌與軟組織感染有密切之關係，值得進一步研究。
並列摘要
From January 1992 through December 1998, 296 strains of Peptostreptococcus magnuswere isolated from the clinical specimens of 289 patients. Most of the isolates were from uterine cervix and diabetic foot (DM foot). P. magnus caused a variety of infections, of which most infections were polymicrobial (93%). They were frequently associated with DM foot, acute pelvic inflammatory disease, ear infection, omphalitis, bed sore with infection, buttock infection, abdominal infection, anal infection, chronic paranasal sinusitis, and back and leg infection. Eight of 21 pure cultures were from back infection. In conclusion, P. magnus is an anaerobic pathogen that caused infection of DM foot, female genital tract and soft-tissue of the back. The reason P. magnus was highly associated with soft tissue infection deserves further study.