ACTA ENDOCRINOLOGICA (BUC)

The International Journal of Romanian Society of Endocrinology / Registered in 1938

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July - September 2012, Volume 8, Issue 3
Case Report


Kang YE, Kim TK, Jung H, Kim HJ, Son KM, Ku BJ

Streptococcus pneumoniae Infection After Acupuncture and Moxibustion in a Patient with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Acta Endo (Buc) 2012, 8 (3): 485-488
doi: 10.4183/aeb.2012.485

Streptococcus pneumoniae generally causes pneumonia or meningitis. The psoas abscess and osteomyelitis is mainly caused by Staphylococcus aureus. We report here on a patient with type 2 diabetes mellitus who had a psoas abscess and foot ulcer caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae after acupuncture\r\nand moxibustion.

Keywords: acupuncture, psoas abscess, diabetes mellitus

Correspondence: KB Jeong, Chungnam National University School of Medicine - Internal Medicine, 33 Munwha-ro, Jung-gu Daejeon 302-72, Republic of Korea