Acute osteomyelitis of the humerus mimicking malignancy: Streptococcus pneumoniae as exceptional pathogen in an immunocompetent adult

BACKGROUND: Chronic osteomyelitis due to direct bone trauma or vascular insufficiency is a frequent problem in orthopaedic surgery. In contrast, acute haematogenous osteomyelitis represents a rare entity that almost exclusively affects prepubescent children or immunodeficient adults. CASE PRESENTATI...

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Autores principales: Prodinger, Peter M, Pilge, Hakan, Banke, Ingo J, Bürklein, Dominik, Gradinger, Reiner, Miethke, Thomas, Holzapfel, Boris M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3679722/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23738890
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-266

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