Selected nonsurgical anaerobic infections: therapeutic choices and the effective armamentarium.

Anaerobic bacteria play an important role in diverse clinical infections. In this review the historical role and prevalence of anaerobes and their potential impact on the management of patients are discussed in terms of pleuropulmonary infections, animal and human bite-wound infections, diabetic foot infections, bacteremia, tetanus, diarrhea due to Anaerobiospirillum succiniciproducens, and diarrhea due to toxigenic Bacteroides fragilis.