| anaerobic bacterial bacteremia: 12-year experience in two military hospitals. | clinical and microbiologic data of 296 patients with anaerobic bacteremia were reviewed. anaerobes were isolated with aerobic or facultative bacteremia in 23 instances. the bacteroides fragilis group accounted for 148 (70%) of 212 isolates of bacteroides species. b. fragilis accounted for 78% and b. thetaiotaomicron for 14%. among other species, there were 20 (6%) fusobacterium organisms, 63 (18%) clostridium isolates, and 53 (15%) anaerobic cocci. seventy-five patients died: 40 had b. fragilis ... | 1989 | 2584754 |