Cooppan R, Schoenbaum S, Younger M D, Freidberg S, D'elia J
S Afr Med J. 1976 Nov 20;50(50):1993-6.
Vertebral osteomyelitis continues to be a diagnostically and therapeutically challenging disease with a relatively high incidence in diabetics. The clinical features, investigations and treatment of 7 insulin-dependent diabetics with vertebral osteomyelitis are presented and possible aetiological factors in this group are discussed.