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

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.

SUBMITTER: Tappe D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3318547 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature