title: Clinical case of the month. A 63-year-old woman with lumbago. Eikenella corrodens.
abstract: We present a case of facet joint infection (pyogenic facetitis) due to Eikenella corrodens, diagnosed by physical examination, radiography, positive blood cultures, and response to antibiotic therapy. E. corrodens is a very rare cause of spine infection. There are fewer than 20 such cases reported in the literature, only one of which was diagnosed by non-invasive means, and none of which were isolated to the facet joint. We briefly review the microbiology of E. corrodens in addition to the diagnosis and management of spine infection.
authors: Evan M
authors: EM
authors: Atkinson
authors: David H
authors: DH
authors: Martin
authors: Amanda R
authors: AR
authors: England
authors: Timothy C
authors: TC
authors: Haman
authors: Michael S
authors: MS
authors: Hanemann
authors: Fred A
authors: FA
authors: Lopez
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D016124:Eikenella corrodens; D005260:Female; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D008161:Lumbosacral Region / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D021801:Zygapophyseal Joint / Q000382:microbiology*