Fannyhessea vaginae

Fannyhessea vaginae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Actinomycetota
Class:	Coriobacteriia
Order:	Coriobacteriales
Family:	Atopobiaceae
Genus:	Fannyhessea; Nouioui et al. 2018
Binomial name
	Fannyhessea vaginae; (Rodriguez Jovita et al. 1999) Nouioui et al. 2018
Synonyms
	Atopobium vaginae Rodriguez Jovita et al. 1999;

Fannyhessea vaginae is a species of bacteria in the family Atopobiaceae. It is a facultative anaerobic, Gram-positive rod-shaped or elliptical coccobacillus found as single elements or in pairs or short chains. It is typically isolated from 80% of women with bacterial vaginosis and it is implicated in treatment failures. Invasive infections such as bacteremia have been reported.

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