Prevotella is recognized as one of the core anaerobic genera in the oral microbiome. In
addition, members of this genus belong to microbial communities of the gastrointestinal and …

Pleural infection is a common condition encountered by respiratory physicians and thoracic
surgeons alike. The European Respiratory Society (ERS) and European Society of Thoracic …

Conservative management can be considered for the treatment of minimally symptomatic
(ie, no significant pain or breathlessness and no physiological compromise) or …

Oral Prevotella are known as anaerobic commensals on oral mucosae and in dental
plaques from early life onwards, including pigmented P. melaninogenica, P. nigrescens, and …

Background Pleural infection is a common and severe disease with high morbidity and
mortality worldwide. The knowledge of pleural infection bacteriology remains incomplete, as …

Background Many community-acquired pleural infections are caused by facultative and
anaerobic bacteria from the human oral microbiota. The epidemiology, clinical …

Background and objectives Pleural infection is a major cause of morbidity and mortality
among adults. Identification of the offending organism is key to appropriate antimicrobial …

Descriptions of the small intestinal microbiota are deficient and conflicting. We aimed to get
a reliable description of the jejunal bacterial microbiota by investigating samples from two …

Background The yield of next-generation sequencing (NGS) added to a Sanger sequencing–
based 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay was …

Pleural infection in adults has considerable morbidity and continues to be a life-threatening
condition. The term “pleural infection” encompasses complicated parapneumonic effusions …