From Gut Commensal to Opportunistic Pathogen: A Narrative Review of Butyricimonas Infections in Humans
Given the potential of <i>Butyricimonas</i> species to cause severe infections, clinicians should consider this organism in patients presenting with unexplained bacteremia or intra-abdominal infections, particularly in the setting of mucosal disruption or immune dysfunction.
Authors
- Ilias Giannakodimos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2267-8464)
- Dimitrios Rigopoulos
- Andreas G. Tsantes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3695-0759)
- Afroditi Ziogou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5853-5522)
- Stella Baliou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9988-777X)
- Alexios Giannakodimos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0570-8510)
- Petros Ioannou
Institutions
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (GR)
- 401 General Military Hospital of Athens (GR)
- St Savas Hospital (GR)
- Tzaneion General Hospital (GR)
- University Hospital of Heraklion (GR)
- University General Hospital Attikon (GR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Antibiotics
- Published
- 2026-03-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics15030297
- Primary Topic
- Gut microbiota and health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00