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  • Title: Sinus infection due to Eikenella corrodens.
    Author: Dudley JP, Goldstein EJ, George WL, Bock BV, Kirby BD, Finegold SM.
    Journal: Arch Otolaryngol; 1978 Aug; 104(8):462-3. PubMed ID: 354619.
    Abstract:
    Eikenella corrodens is a gram-negative rod that has been identified as a cause of endocarditis, osteomyelitis, pneumonia, cellulitis, and other infections. Because it is difficult to grow unless it is incubated in 10% carbon dioxide and because it may be overgrown by other organisms, it can be overlooked as a sinus pathogen. This is a report of the isolation of E corrodens from the sinuses of three patients with sinusitis. Three important features of infection with E corrodens, which are illustrated by these cases, are as follows: (1) the indolence of E corrodens infections; (2) the unusual susceptibility pattern of E corrodens; and (3) the fact that E corrodens is often isolated in mixed culture. The purulent contents of sinus cavities should be cultured in aerobic, anaerobic, and 10% carbon dioxide atmospheres.
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