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Research Article| Volume 48, ISSUE 6, P501-505, December 1979

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Eikenella corrodens: A pathogen in head and neck infections

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      Abstract

      E. corrodens as a co-existent or primary causal agent in six cases of osteomyelitis or orofacial infections following trauma or elective dental extraction is presented. The importance of this facultative gram-negative bacillus as a head and neck pathogen is discussed.
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