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PubMed Data

PubMed has 260+ studies on this genus. Most studies deal with agricultural occurrence.

• Disease:
  • “Herbaspirillum species are not known to be human pathogens. We report on the identification of Herbaspirillum from cultures from 28 persons with cystic fibrosis (CF). ” [2008]
    • “Presence of Pandoraea and Herbaspirillum species within the
      Irish CF population” [1993]
  • “Herbaspirillum species are capable of causing systemic infections in immunocompromised patients. It may present as a nosocomial common-source cluster or sporadic hospital or community-onset infection and is most often misidentified as Burkholderia cepacia.” [2014]
• Probiotics:
  • “Herbaspirillum spp. and Halomonas spp., which previously had not been described in kombucha microbial culture, were found to be minor but permanent members of the community. “[2015]
• Antibiotics:
  • “Antibiotic therapy was changed to meropenem at a dose of 20 mg/kg every 8 h for a total of 7 days following the negative blood culture.” [2010]
  • “All B. cepacia isolates were resistant to at least 1 antibiotic tested, most frequently ticarcillin-clavulanate. All Herbaspirillum species isolates were susceptible to ceftazidime, levofloxacin, minocycline, moxifloxacin, ticarcillin/clavulanate, tigecycline, and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole. ”  [2014]

Bottom Line

• No Kombucha