Eikenella corrodens
| Eikenella | |
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| Eikenella corrodens on chocolate agar after 36 hours. Notice how colonies pit the agar, which is a distinct characteristic of this species. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
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| Order: | Neisseriales |
| Family: | Neisseriaceae |
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| Species: | E. corrodens |
| Binomial name | |
| Eikenella corrodens (Eiken 1958) Jackson and Goodman 1972 (Approved Lists 1980) | |
Eikenella corrodens is a Gram-negative facultative anaerobic bacillus that can cause severe invasive disease in humans. It was first identified by M. Eiken in 1958, who called it Bacteroides corrodens. E. corrodens is a rare pericarditis associated pathogen. It is a fastidious, slow growing, human commensal bacillus, capable of acting as an opportunistic pathogen and causing abscesses in several anatomical sites, including the liver, lung, spleen, and submandibular region. E. corrodens could independently cause serious infection in both immunocompetent and immunocompromised hosts.
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