Infectious Disease Compendium

Mobiluncus

Microbiology

Curved, gram-negative anaerobes; includes M. curtisii and M. mulieri.

Epidemiologic Risks

Part of the human female genital tract with BV. 65 to 85% of women with BV have it and found in < 5% of healthy women

Syndromes

Part of the flora of bacterial vaginosis. Probably not. Genomic's (PubMed) show that other organisms that are the curved gram-negative rod seen in BV. The question is whether it is a cause or a marker of disease (PubMed)

Treatment

Penicillin OR clindamycin OR erythromycin OR amoxicillin all po.

Notes

Treat bacterial vaginosis with metronidazole and it will go away.

Last update: 05/05/18