Maternofetal infections due to Eikenella corrodens

J Med Microbiol. 2009 Feb;58(Pt 2):273-275. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.002568-0.

Abstract

Eikenella corrodens, a commensal of the human oral cavity, is generally associated with bite wounds and head and neck infections. Neonatal infections are rare. We report two cases of premature birth associated with maternofetal E. corrodens infection.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Eikenella corrodens / isolation & purification*
  • Female
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / transmission*
  • Humans
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical*
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / microbiology*
  • Premature Birth / etiology