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Case Reports
. 2012 Apr;50(4):1499-500.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.06275-11. Epub 2012 Jan 18.

Molecular detection of Campylobacter jejuni as a cause of culture-negative spondylodiscitis

Dennis Tappe  1 , Marco H Schulze, Anett Oesterlein, Marianne Abele-Horn, Stefan Baron, Daniel Durchholz, Heinz-Jakob Langen, Berthold Jany, Christoph Schoen
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Molecular detection of Campylobacter jejuni as a cause of culture-negative spondylodiscitis

Dennis Tappe et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Apr.

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.

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Magnetic resonance imaging of the patient's spine. Signs of spondylodiscitis between lumbar bodies 2 and 3, with a reduction of lumbar disc height and diffuse enhancement caused by inflammation, are visible. Abscess formation (arrow) in the left psoas muscle with surrounding inflammation is shown. Coronary view, fat-suppressed T1 image after gadolinium application.
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