Molecular Detection of Campylobacter jejuni as a Cause of Culture-Negative Spondylodiscitis

ISSN
0095-1137
Date Issued
2012
Author(s)
Tappe, Dennis
Oesterlein, Anett
Abele-Horn, Marianne
Baron, Stefan
Durchholz, Daniel
Langen, Heinz-Jakob
Jany, Berthold
Schoen, Christoph
DOI
10.1128/JCM.06275-11
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.