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May 1981, Vol 135, No. 5 >
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Eikenella corrodens Empyema in Children FREE

M. Anne St John, MB, BS, FRCP(C); Antonio A. Belda, MD; Ann Matlow, MD; Charles G. Prober, MD, FRCP(C)
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Am J Dis Child. 1981;135(5):415-417. doi:10.1001/archpedi.1981.02130290013006.
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• Eikenella corrodens is a slow-growing, Gram-negative, facultative, anaerobic organism that is normally found among oropharyngeal flora. Its isolation as a pathogen is increasingly being reported. Although well documented in the literature on adults, few cases of E corrodens infection have been reported in children. We describe two children with E corrodens pneumonia and empyema. In one, infection was mixed, but in the other the organism was isolated in pure culture. Both patients recovered after therapy with a combination of an antibiotic active in vitro against the organism, and surgical drainage. The diagnosis, bacteriology, and evidence for potential pathogenicity of the organism are reviewed; E corrodens should be considered as a potential pathogen, especially in predisposed patients.

(Am J Dis Child 1981;135:415-417)

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Jackson FL, Goodman YE:  Transfer of the facultatively anaerobic organism Bacteroides corrodens Eiken to a new genus, Eikenella . Int J Syst Bacteriol 1972;;22:73-77.
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Brooks GF, O'Donaghue JM, Rissing JP, et al:  Eikenella corrodens, a recently recognized pathogen . Medicine 1974;;53:325-342.
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Khairat O:  Bacteroides corrodens isolated from bacteremias . J Pathol Bacteriol 1967;;94:29-40.
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Lennette EH, Spaulding EH, Truant J: Manual of Clinical Microbiology , ed 2. Washington, DC, American Society for Microbiology, 1976;, pp 272-274.
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Kaplan MJ, Nelson JD, McCracken G:  Infections in children caused by the HB group of bacteria . J Pediatr 1973;;82:398-403.
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Marsden HB, Hyde WA:  Isolation of Bacteroides corrodens from infections in children . J Clin Pathol 1971;;24:117-119.
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Dorff GJ, Jackson LJ, Rytel MW:  Infections with Eikenella corrodens . Ann Intern Med 1974;;80:305-309.
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Litwack K, Borchardt K:  Osteomyelitis caused by a Bacteroides corrodens-like organism (Hb-1) . Clin Med 1975;;80:21.
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Carruthers MM, Sommers HM:  Eikenella corrodens osteomyelitis . Ann Intern Med 1973;; 79:900.
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Geraci JE, Hermans PE, Washington JA II:  Eikenella corrodens endocarditis . Mayo Clin Proc 1974;;49:950-953.
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Goldstein EJC, Miller TM, Citron MD, et al:  Infections following clenched fist injury: A new perspective . J Hand 1978;;3:455-456.
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Bottone EJ, Kittick J Jr, Schneierson SS:  Isolation of bacillus HB-1 from human clinical sources . Am J Clin Pathol 1973;;59:560-566.
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Zinner SH, Daly AK, McCormack WM:  Isolation of Eikenella corrodens in a general hospital . Appl Microbiol 1973;;25:705-708.
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Jackson FL, Goodman YE, Bel FR, et al:  Taxonomic status of facultative and strictly anaerobic 'corroding bacilli' that have been classified as Bacteroides corrodens . Med Microbiol 1972;;4:171-184.
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Goldstein EJC, Kirby B, Finegold SM:  Isolation of Eikenella corrodens from pulmonary infections . Am Rev Respir Dis 1979;;119:55-58.

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Hendriksen SD:  Studies in Gram-negative anaerobes: II. Gram-negative anaerobic rods with spreading colonies . Acta Pathol Microbiol Scand 1948;;25:368-375.
2 +
Holm P:  Studies on the aetiology of human actinomycosis: I. The other microbes of actinomycosis and their importance . Acta Pathol Microbiol Scand 1950;;27:736-751.
3 +
Holm P:  Studies on the aetiology of human actinomycosis: II. Do the other microbes of actinomycosis possess virulence? Acta Pathol Microbiol Scand 1951;;28:391-406.
4 +
Eiken M:  Studies on an anaerobic, rod-shaped, Gram-negative micro-organism: Bacteroides corrodens . Acta Pathol Microbiol Scand 1958;;43:404-416.
5 +
King EO, Tatum HW:  Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans and Haemophilus arthrophilus . J Infect Dis 1961;;3:85-94.
6 +
Jackson FL, Goodman YE:  Transfer of the facultatively anaerobic organism Bacteroides corrodens Eiken to a new genus, Eikenella . Int J Syst Bacteriol 1972;;22:73-77.
7 +
Brooks GF, O'Donaghue JM, Rissing JP, et al:  Eikenella corrodens, a recently recognized pathogen . Medicine 1974;;53:325-342.
8 +
Khairat O:  Bacteroides corrodens isolated from bacteremias . J Pathol Bacteriol 1967;;94:29-40.
9 +
Lennette EH, Spaulding EH, Truant J: Manual of Clinical Microbiology , ed 2. Washington, DC, American Society for Microbiology, 1976;, pp 272-274.
10 +
Kaplan MJ, Nelson JD, McCracken G:  Infections in children caused by the HB group of bacteria . J Pediatr 1973;;82:398-403.
11 +
Marsden HB, Hyde WA:  Isolation of Bacteroides corrodens from infections in children . J Clin Pathol 1971;;24:117-119.
12 +
Dorff GJ, Jackson LJ, Rytel MW:  Infections with Eikenella corrodens . Ann Intern Med 1974;;80:305-309.
13 +
Litwack K, Borchardt K:  Osteomyelitis caused by a Bacteroides corrodens-like organism (Hb-1) . Clin Med 1975;;80:21.
14 +
Carruthers MM, Sommers HM:  Eikenella corrodens osteomyelitis . Ann Intern Med 1973;; 79:900.
15 +
Geraci JE, Hermans PE, Washington JA II:  Eikenella corrodens endocarditis . Mayo Clin Proc 1974;;49:950-953.
16 +
Goldstein EJC, Miller TM, Citron MD, et al:  Infections following clenched fist injury: A new perspective . J Hand 1978;;3:455-456.
17 +
Bottone EJ, Kittick J Jr, Schneierson SS:  Isolation of bacillus HB-1 from human clinical sources . Am J Clin Pathol 1973;;59:560-566.
18 +
Zinner SH, Daly AK, McCormack WM:  Isolation of Eikenella corrodens in a general hospital . Appl Microbiol 1973;;25:705-708.
19 +
Jackson FL, Goodman YE, Bel FR, et al:  Taxonomic status of facultative and strictly anaerobic 'corroding bacilli' that have been classified as Bacteroides corrodens . Med Microbiol 1972;;4:171-184.
20 +
Goldstein EJC, Kirby B, Finegold SM:  Isolation of Eikenella corrodens from pulmonary infections . Am Rev Respir Dis 1979;;119:55-58.

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