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Vertebral Osteomyelitis: An Under-Recognized Infectious Complication in Patients on Home Parenteral Nutrition

BACKGROUND: Patients on home parenteral nutrition (HPN) are at high risk of central venous catheter sepsis (CVCS). CVCS can be associated with distant bacterial seeding. However, few cases of vertebral osteomyelitis (VO) related to HPN have been reported. For this reason, we made the hypothesis that...

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Autores principales: Huard, Genevieve, Bouin, Mickael, Lemoyne, Michel, D’Aoust, Louise
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elmer Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4039099/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24883153
http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/jocmr1825w