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SUBMITTER: Ulger Toprak N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8176353 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ulger Toprak N N Duman N N Sacak B B Ozkan M C MC Sayın E E Mulazimoglu L L Soyletir G G
New microbes and new infections 20210414
The anaerobic, Gram-negative bacillus <i>Alloprevotella rava</i> has recently been described in the human oral cavity. To our knowledge, this species has not been isolated from chronic osteomyleitis samples. We present the first case of <i>A. rava</i> infection in a 92-year-old woman with polymicrobial chronic mandibular osteomyelitis, mimicking oral squamous cell carcinoma. ...[more]