Case Reports in Infectious Diseases (Jan 2019)
Needle Licker’s Osteomyelitis Revisited: An Unusual Case of Vertebral Osteomyelitis with <i>Eikenella corrodens</i> in a Diabetic Patient
Abstract
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 importance of correct insulin application.
