title: The role of anaerobic bacteria in some extra-abdominal infections including person-to-person contamination.
abstract: With the possible exception of campylobacter enteritis, anaerobic infections are not transmitted from person to person, and do not present problems of hospital cross-infection. There are a number of situations, however, in which non-clostridial anaerobic infections may develop as result of person to person contamination of a compromised "recipient" with normal anaerobic bacterial flora from a healthy "donor". Some of these are briefly discussed.
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000382:microbiology; D000818:Animals; D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission; D001446:Balanitis / Q000382:microbiology; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications; D001734:Bites, Human / Q000150:complications; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D002415:Cats; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000382:microbiology; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D010304:Paronychia / Q000382:microbiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011645:Puerperal Infection / Q000382:microbiology; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications