1984
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.1984.00800370054013
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Eikenella corrodens: An Emerging Pathogen in Head and Neck Infections

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“…The most common anaerobe cultured was E corrodens, and the importance of this organism in head and neck infections has recently been noted by Tami and Parker. 19 Because E corrodens is universally resistant to clindamycin, clinicians must be wary of empirically treating presumed anaerobic infections with this antibiotic. Additional organisms cultured in this study included nor- …”
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confidence: 99%
“…The most common anaerobe cultured was E corrodens, and the importance of this organism in head and neck infections has recently been noted by Tami and Parker. 19 Because E corrodens is universally resistant to clindamycin, clinicians must be wary of empirically treating presumed anaerobic infections with this antibiotic. Additional organisms cultured in this study included nor- …”
Section: Commentmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It has been reported that E. corrodens is susceptible to antibiotics such as benzylpenicillin, ampicillin, third-generation cephems, and chloramphenicol; relatively resistant to aminoglycosides and erythromycin; and resistant to clindamycin, metronidazole, and penicillinase-resistant penicillin. 3,9,31 According to our results of antimicrobial susceptibility tests shown in Table 4, the first-choice drugs for E. corrodens infection should be third-generation cephems, carbapenems, or new quinolones. It is intriguing that, as shown in Table 4, E. corrodens was resistant to clindamycin, which is usually effective against anaerobic bacteria and is often used for the treatment of severe head and neck infections.…”
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“…1 This bacterium absolutely requires 5e10% of carbon dioxide at the beginning of primary culture, and hemin must be supplemented for it to grow under aerobic conditions. 3 Moreover, it takes several days for E. corrodens to form macroscopic colonies, which are generally small in size and are often hidden by colonies of other organisms. 3 E. corrodens is, therefore, usually overlooked during routine bacteriological examinations, and special laboratory precautions and techniques are necessary to isolate this bacterium.…”
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“…This organism is typically susceptible to many antibiotics, including penicillin G, ceftriaxone, ampicillin, amoxicillin-clavulanic acid, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, and fluoroquinolones [11]. However, it is usually resistant to clindamycin, cephalexin, erythromycin, and metronidazole.…”
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“…Although believed to be nonpathogenic in the past, Eikenella species have been shown to cause serious human infection [2]. In adults, Eikenella species have been shown to cause head and neck infection, sinusitis, pulmonary infection, arthritis, endocarditis, intraabdominal infection, pancreatic abscesses, skull infection, vertebral osteomyelitis, and infection after human bite wounds [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]. Pediatric infections caused by Eikenella species are much less common and have only rarely been reported.…”
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