title: Molecular detection of Campylobacter jejuni as a cause of culture-negative spondylodiscitis.
abstract: Spondylodiscitis caused by Campylobacter species is a rare disease which is most often caused by Campylobacter fetus. We report a case of culture-negative spondylodiscitis and a psoas abscess due to Campylobacter jejuni in a 68-year-old woman, as revealed by 16S rRNA gene and Campylobacter-specific PCRs from biopsied tissue.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Hygiene and Microbiology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany. dtappe@hygiene.uni-wuerzburg.de
authors.forename: Dennis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tappe
authors.forename: Marco H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Schulze
authors.forename: Anett
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oesterlein
authors.forename: Marianne
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abele-Horn
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Baron
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Durchholz
authors.forename: Heinz-Jakob
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Langen
authors.forename: Berthold
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jany
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schoen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D016123:Campylobacter jejuni / Q000235:genetics*; D015299:Discitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S