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J Med Microbiol 58 (2009), 273-275; DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.002568-0
© 2009 Society for General Microbiology
ISSN 0022-2615

Case Report

Maternofetal infections due to Eikenella corrodens

Fabien Garnier1, Geoffrey Masson1, Antoine Bedu2, Philippe Masson3, Emmanuel Decroisette4, Vincent Guigonis2, Véronique Fermeaux5, Marie-Christine De Barbentane6, François Denis1 and Marie-Cécile Ploy1

1 Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Virologie-Hygiène, CHU Dupuytren, Limoges, France

2 Service de Pédiatrie Médicale, CHU Dupuytren, Limoges, France

3 Service de Pédiatrie/Néonatalogie, CH Henri Duffaut, Avignon, France

4 Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, CHU Dupuytren, Limoges, France

5 Laboratoire d'Anatomie Pathologique, CHU Dupuytren, Limoges, France

6 Laboratoire de Biologie, CH Henri Duffaut, Avignon, France

Correspondence
Fabien Garnier
fabien.garnier{at}unilim.fr

Received April 13, 2008
Accepted October 28, 2008

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.

Abbreviations: MFI, maternofetal infection.






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