Needle Licker’s Osteomyelitis Revisited: An Unusual Case of Vertebral Osteomyelitis with <i>Eikenella corrodens</i> in a Diabetic Patient
Vertebral osteomyelitis due to Eikenella corrodens is extremely rare. We report an unusual case of an infection caused by E. corrodens in a self-insulin-administering patient with diabetes. Similar to needle licker’s osteomyelitis, our case shows most likely the same pathomechanism and stresses the...
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Main Authors: | Bianca Roth, Katrin-Elisabeth Schimke, Agnes Ruckstuhl, Fabrice Külling, Tobias Dietrich, Carol Strahm |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2019-01-01
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Series: | Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/7620186 |
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