Needle Licker’s Osteomyelitis Revisited: An Unusual Case of Vertebral Osteomyelitis with Eikenella corrodens in a Diabetic Patient

Table 1

Cases of vertebral osteomyelitis associated with Eikenella corrodens (mod according to [18]).

Author/year	Location	Previous spine surgery	Revision	Study type	Risk factor
Peerebom et al. 1987 [20]	Cervical	Yes	Yes	Case report	Diabetes Cervical spine surgery
Bridgman et al. 1990 [19]	Lumbar	No	No	Case report	Dental treatment (15 mm)
Noordeen et al. 1992 [21]	Lumbar	No	No	Case report	Dental extraction (9 m)
Raab et al. 1993 [22]	Lumbar	No	No	Case report	Mixed aortic graft infection (6 m)
Emmett et al. 2000 [23]	Thoracic	No	No	Case report	None
Lehman et al. 2000 [7]	Cervical	No	Yes	Case report	Pharyngeal injury (3 m)
Zeifang et al. 2002 [26]	Lumbar	No	Yes	Case report	Not known
Ang and Ngan 2002 [25]	Lumbar	Yes	Yes	Case report and review	Spinal surgery
Sayana et al. 2003 [24]	Lumbar	No	No	Case report	None
Tsai et al. 2009 [8]	Lumbar	No	Yes	Case report	Poor oral hygiene, betel quid chewing
Yetimoglu et al. 2014 [18]	Cervical	Yes	Yes	Case report and review	Spinal surgery
This case	Lumbar	No	No	Case report and review	Diabetes; Insulin injection