Postgrad Med J. 1977 May; 53(619): 285-6.

Staphylococcal septicaemia with disseminated intravascular coagulation associated with acupuncture.

Izatt E, Fairman M.

A case of disseminated intravascular coagulation due to staphylococcal septicaemia is described in which the source of infection was likely to have been acupuncture therapy.