Bacteroides melaninogenicus

No sorry this is not the cause of Bob's present condition. This organism is an anaerobic organism. A common cause of aspiration pneumonia. Patients with altered states of consciousness would be more likely to be infected with these organisms. Usually, the onset of symptoms is more acute, abscesses are formed in the lung rather than consolidations and the organism gram stains as a gram negative rod.

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