From:
sukiec@optonline.net
Date: 2005-04-13 06:31:16 UTC
Subject: RE: Resolution of Facial Swelling and Draining Pus
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <3989463.1113373876291.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
Both veterinary and human med sites link to:
http://borg.med.ecu.edu/~webpage/bacteroides.html
http://borg.med.ecu.edu/~webpage/about.html
including:
>Bacteroides are not E. coli! They are not even that =
>closely related to eachother. However they can both =
>be found in the same place: the intestine. Each and =
>every one of us contain many billions of these bugs =
>inside their gut. Bacteroides are specialists in this =
>environment as they are adapted to grow where
> there is no oxygen...
and
>they assist in breaking down food products and supply =
>some vitamins and other nutrients that we cannot make =
>ourselves. The problem with Bacteroides is when they =
>get out of the intestine and into our bodies. One of the =
>most common results of this is an abscess, which is a =
>big ball of puss comprised mostly of bacteria (especially =
>B. fragilis). If the ball breaks then billions of bacteria =
>wreak havok in the body often resulting in death. Luckily =
>this dosn't happen too often as bacteria are susceptable to =
>antibiotics. Unfortunately the Bacteroides are very good =
>at finding ways to become resistant...
and much more
Wait till you see what % of human waste is bacteria. It doesn't say how mu=
ch is for other animals though I suspect it still is very large. =
The above is a very in depth document and the specific "about" page is work=
ed from a bibliography of 125 references.
Another excellent reference (but human med) is =
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic2945.htm
http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic107.htm
[PDF] 04WSC08 - 1 - The Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Department ...
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
... History: An adult male ferret of unknown age was one of several housed =
in a
... hemolytic streptococci, Bacteroides fragilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, .=
..
http://www.afip.org/vetpath/WSC/wsc04/04wsc08.pdf - Similar=A0pages =
http://www.nuhresearch.nhg.com.sg/content/obr_Dentistry.asp
Oral species
There are also pages discussing abscesses from bite wounds.
Just so you know: Googling on =
Bacteroides Mustela
gets about 100 URLs
Campylobacter Sebald and V=E9ron 1963, genus
... MOSS (CW): Chemotaxonomic analyses of Bacteroides gracilis and Bacteroi=
des ... nov. isolated from the gastric mucosa of ferrets (Mustela putorius=
furo), ...
www.bacterio.cict.fr/c/campylobacter.html - 74k - Cached - Similar=A0pages
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