Fusobacterium nucleatum: a commensal-turned pathogen

Abstract

Fusobacterium nucleatum is an anaerobic oral commensal and a

Maresin 1 Biosynthesis and Proresolving Anti-infective Functions with Human-Localized Aggressive Periodontitis Leukocytes

“…S. intermedius is a Gram-positive, faculta- tive anaerobic commensal oral bacterium that has an antagonistic relationship with periodontal pathogens like P. gingivalis and A. actinomycetemcomitans (previously known as Bacteroides gingivalis and Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans in the literature [25]). Additionally, F. nucleatum recently has been implicated as a potential target pathogen (26). F. nucleatum also is prevalent within deep periodontal pockets of LAP patients (27), and its abundance in the biofilm is associated with the severity of periodontal inflammation in adolescents (28).…”

Infections caused by Fusobacterium in children: a 14-year single-center experience

“…[8,11] These two species are very different in pathogenic spectrum. F. nucleatum is one of the most abundant bacteria in the oral cavity and is frequently involved in periodontal disease [33]. Invasive disease due to F. nucleatum is, however, more frequent in patients with chronic diseases [6,8].…”

Oral Surgery in the Human Microbiota Era the role of Periodontal Bacteria

“…The incidence of bacteremia and related systemic diseases due to oral anaerobic bacteria following different procedures such as: endodontic treatment, tooth extraction, periodontal surgery, tongue scraping and root scaling has been well documented [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27] and anaerobe periodontal bacteria are isolated more frequently than facultative anaerobic bacteria, such as Streptococcus spp. [28].…”