Biomaterial Database

Eikenella corrodens isolated from a polymicrobial hepatic abscess. 1989

B T Massey

Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, New York.

A 71-yr-old woman developed a hepatic abscess from which Eikenella corrodens was isolated as part of a polymicrobial flora. This facultatively anaerobic organism is now recognized as a true pathogen. Selective culture media may be required to isolate Eikenella corrodens, and it may be resistant to antibiotics commonly used for anaerobic infections. Special attempts to isolate this organism may be indicated when hepatic abscesses are likely to have resulted from spread of oral or abdominal infections.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008100	Liver Abscess	Solitary or multiple collections of PUS within the liver as a result of infection by bacteria, protozoa, or other agents.	Abscess, Hepatic,Abscess, Liver,Abscesses, Hepatic,Abscesses, Liver,Hepatic Abscess,Hepatic Abscesses,Liver Abscesses
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368	Aged	A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available.	Elderly
D001439	Bacteroides	A genus of gram-negative, anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria. Its organisms are normal inhabitants of the oral, respiratory, intestinal, and urogenital cavities of humans, animals, and insects. Some species may be pathogenic.
D001442	Bacteroides Infections	Infections with bacteria of the genus BACTEROIDES.	Infections, Bacteroides,Bacteroides Infection,Infection, Bacteroides
D016124	Eikenella corrodens	Gram-negative bacteria isolated from infections of the respiratory and intestinal tracts and from the buccal cavity, intestinal tract, and urogenital tract. They are probably part of the normal flora of man and animals.	Bacteroides corrodens,Ristella corrodens