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

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

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Campylobacter Infections / diagnosis*
  • Campylobacter Infections / microbiology
  • Campylobacter jejuni / genetics*
  • Discitis / diagnosis*
  • Discitis / microbiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Molecular Diagnostic Techniques
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • RNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

  • RNA, Bacterial
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S