title: Gas-forming vertebral osteomyelitis in diabetic patients.
abstract: We report 2 cases of gas-forming vertebral osteomyelitis in diabetic patients. Both were caused by gram-negative bacilli, Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae respectively. Both ran a fulminant course to death despite appropriate parenteral antibiotics. We suggest that early surgical intervention may be needed in cases with gas-forming vertebral osteomyelitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Chuang
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Young
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000254:growth & development; D005260:Female; D005740:Gases; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000254:growth & development*; D006801:Humans; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000254:growth & development; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D005740:Gases