Finegoldia magna is an opportunistic human pathogen that colonises mucous membranes, the mouth, and the skin. F. magna is often found in biofilms in chronic ulcers, with increasing antibiotic resistance.
F. magna can be found causing infection around the human body, particularly in soft tissue, bones, joints (including prosthetics), heart valves (including prosthetics), wounds, pneumonia, and meningitis, amongst others. F. magna may be found as the sole infectious microbe in an infection, which is unusual, or may be found cohabitating with helpful friends.
One such friend is Staphylococcus aureus, which as a co-infection, can prove tricky to treat. Other commonly found aerobic co-infecters include Streptococcus, S. epidermis, and Escherichia coli. Anaerobes frequently found with F. magna include Prevotella melaninogenica, Bacteroides spp. and B. fragilis.
F. magna is very oxygen-sensitive, so any treatment containing oxygen may work well.
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