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A 33-year-old female patient presented with brain abscess. On aspiration it was foul smelling and gave red fluorescence on UV light, likely diagnosis is

A
Acanthameba
B
Peptostreptococci
C
Bacteroids
D
Staphylococcus
High-Yield Explanation
(C) Bacteroids # B. fragilis is the most frequent of the nonsporing anaerobes isolated from clinical specimens. It is often recovered from blood, pleural and peritoneal fluids, CSF, brain abscesses, wounds and urogenital infections.

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