| Literature DB >> 22259199 |
Dennis Tappe1, Marco H Schulze, Anett Oesterlein, Marianne Abele-Horn, Stefan Baron, Daniel Durchholz, Heinz-Jakob Langen, Berthold Jany, Christoph Schoen.
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.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22259199 PMCID: PMC3318547 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.06275-11
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948