Pubic osteomyelitis due to Klebsiella pneumoniae in a patient with diabetes mellitus.
Osteomyelitis of the pubic symphysis or pubic osteomyelitis is a rare entity that is encountered in certain groups of people such as athletes, intravenous drug users, patients with pelvic malignancy, and patients who have undergone surgical manipulations of the genitourinary system. The most frequent causative organism is Staphylococcus aureus. K pneumoniae is a common pathogen in diabetic patients, but pubic osteomyelitis due to K pneumoniae has not previously been described. We present a diabetic patient with pubic osteomyelitis caused by K pneumoniae without known predisposing factors.
Dourakis
Spyros P
SP
Second Department of Medicine, University of Athens Medical School, Hippokration General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Alexopoulou
Alexandra
A
Metallinos
George
G
Thanos
Loukas
L
Archimandritis
Athanasios J
AJ
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D011630:Pubic Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents