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SUBMITTER: Tappe D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3318547 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tappe Dennis D Schulze Marco H MH Oesterlein Anett A Abele-Horn Marianne M Baron Stefan S Durchholz Daniel D Langen Heinz-Jakob HJ Jany Berthold B Schoen Christoph C
Journal of clinical microbiology 20120118 4
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. ...[more]