title: [Eikenella corrodens-induced spondylitis. Detection with 16s-RNA polymerase chain reaction].
abstract: Isolation of the relevant organism in patients with spondylitis even after an open biopsy is successful only in 75-90%. The rare case of an Eikenella corrodens-induced spondylitis is presented, which could only be identified using 16S ribosomal DNA polymerase chain reaction following unsuccessful microbiological cultivation. Eikenella corrodens is a facultative anaerobic gram-negative organism, which is mostly found in the oropharynx of healthy patients.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Orthopädie, Department für Orthopädie und Traumatologie der Universitätsklinik Freiburg. Felix.Zeifang@ok.uni-heidelberg.de
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zeifang
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haag
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Lill
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sabo
mesh_terms: D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D016124:Eikenella corrodens / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial / Q000502:physiology; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013166:Spondylitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial