Fannyhessea vaginae
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| Genus: | Fannyhessea Nouioui et al. 2018 |
| Species: | F. vaginae |
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| Fannyhessea vaginae (Rodriguez Jovita et al. 1999) Nouioui et al. 2018 | |
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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.