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Eikenella corrodens

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Ei·ken·el·la cor·ro·dens (k-nl k-rdnz)
n.
A rod-shaped, gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic bacterium normally in the adult human oral cavity but which may become an opportunistic pathogen, especially in immunocompromised individuals.

EIA,
n the abbreviation for enzyme immunoassay; better known as
ELISA for enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, used to detect the presence of HIV antibody to HIV in the blood.
Eikenella corrodens
(īknel krod´nz),
n.pr a gram-negative, rod-shaped, facultatively anaerobic bacteria that is part of the normal flora of the oral cavity but may become an opportunistic pathogen in immunocompromised patients.


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Also, preeclamptic women were more likely to have Porphyromonas gingivalis, Tannerella forsythensis, and Eikenella corrodens, known periodontal pathogens, compared to normotensive women.
Staphylococcus, Enterococcus species, Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonas species, unusual gram negative bacteria, and the HACEK organisms (Haemophilus aphorphilus, Haemophilus paraphrophilius, Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, Cardioacterium hominis, Eikenella corrodens, and Kingella kingae) have been shown to be present in endocarditis and may play a role in vascular inflammation as well.
Although rare, infective endocarditis is caused by gram-negative organisms such as the HACEK (Haemophilus aphrophilus, Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, Cardiobacterium hominis, Eikenella corrodens, Kingella kingae) group, Bartonella spp.
 
 
 
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