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| Eikenella corrodens on chocolate agar after 36 hours. Notice how colonies pit the agar, which is a distinct characteristic of this species. | |
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| Species: | E. corrodens
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| Eikenella corrodens (Eiken 1958) Jackson and Goodman 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)
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Eikenella corrodens is a Gram-negative facultative anaerobic bacillus that can cause severe invasive disease in humans.[1] It was first identified by M. Eiken in 1958, who called it Bacteroides corrodens.[2] E. corrodens is a rare pericarditis associated pathogen.[3] It is a fastidious, slow growing, human commensal bacillus, capable of acting as an opportunistic pathogen and causing abscesses in several anatomical sites, including the liver, lung, spleen, and submandibular region.[4] E. corrodens could independently cause serious infection in both immunocompetent and immunocompromised hosts.[5]
- ^ Wei, Wei; Nie, Hu (December 2019). "Severe purulent pericarditis caused by invasive Eikenella corrodens: Case report and literature review". BMC Infectious Diseases. 19 (1): 657. doi:10.1186/s12879-019-4256-0. ISSN 1471-2334. PMC 6651983. PMID 31337357.
- ^ Eiken, M (1958). "Studies on an anaerobic, rodshaped, gram-negative microorganism: Bacteroides corrodens n. sp". Acta Pathologica et Microbiologica Scandinavica. 43 (4): 404–16. doi:10.1111/j.1699-0463.1958.tb04677.x. PMID 13594456.
- ^ Wei, Wei; Nie, Hu (2019-07-23). "Severe purulent pericarditis caused by invasive Eikenella corrodens: Case report and literature review". BMC Infectious Diseases. 19 (1): 657. doi:10.1186/s12879-019-4256-0. ISSN 1471-2334. PMC 6651983. PMID 31337357.
- ^ Lee, S-H (2003-11-01). "Inflammatory pseudotumour associated with chronic persistent Eikenella corrodens infection: a case report and brief review". Journal of Clinical Pathology. 56 (11): 868–870. doi:10.1136/jcp.56.11.868. ISSN 0021-9746. PMC 1770116. PMID 14600136.
- ^ Wei, Wei; Nie, Hu (2019-07-23). "Severe purulent pericarditis caused by invasive Eikenella corrodens: case report and literature review". BMC Infectious Diseases. 19 (1): 657. doi:10.1186/s12879-019-4256-0. ISSN 1471-2334. PMC 6651983. PMID 31337357.