Osteomyelitis of a long bone due to Fusobacterium nucleatum and Actinomyces meyeri in an immunocompetent adult: A case report and literature review

BACKGROUND: Fusobacterium species are uncommon causes of osteomyelitis. These organisms are normal flora of the oral cavity. Therefore, they mostly cause osteomyelitis of the head and neck. Hematogenous osteomyelitis at distant sites other than the head and neck has rarely been reported in pediatric...

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Autores principales: Lee, Min Ji, Ha, Young Eun, Park, Hye Yon, Lee, Jun Hee, Lee, Yoon Jung, Sung, Ki Sun, Kang, Cheol-In, Chung, Doo Ryeon, Song, Jae-Hoon, Peck, Kyong Ran
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3481430/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22817336
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-12-161

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