Pubic osteomyelitis due to Klebsiella pneumoniae in a patient with diabetes mellitus

Abstract

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.