Needle Licker&#x2019;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 K&#xfc;lling, Tobias Dietrich, Carol Strahm
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/7620186
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