Schumacher U, Bücheler M
Abt. Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Hygiene-Institut der Universität Tübingen.
HNO. 1997 Jul;45(7):567-9. doi: 10.1007/s001060050133.
Bilophila wadsworthia is an obligately anaerobic, gram-negative rod, which was first described in 1989. The natural habitat of this species seems to be the lower intestinal tract where it was recovered from about 60% of the persons investigated. Bilophila wadsworthia is mainly associated with intra-abdominal infections, but the species was also isolated as part of aerobic-anaerobic mixed infections at various extra-abdominal sites. Otological infections due to Bilophila wadsworthia have as yet not been described. In the present paper, we report a case of a patient with postoperative otitis externa following stapedectomy, probably caused by the anaerobes Bacteroides fragilis and Bilophila wadsworthia.
沃兹沃思嗜胆菌是一种专性厌氧的革兰氏阴性杆菌，于1989年首次被描述。该菌种的自然栖息地似乎是下肠道，在约60%的受调查者中可从那里分离出该菌。沃兹沃思嗜胆菌主要与腹腔内感染有关，但该菌种也在各种腹腔外部位作为需氧-厌氧混合感染的一部分被分离出来。由沃兹沃思嗜胆菌引起的耳科感染尚未见报道。在本文中，我们报告了一例镫骨切除术后发生外耳道炎的患者，可能是由脆弱拟杆菌和沃兹沃思嗜胆菌这两种厌氧菌引起的。
