A Highly Rare Cause of Lumbar Spondylodiscitis with Epidural Abscess: Actinomyces israelii

Actinomyces species may lead to slowly progressive infection of almost any site once mucosal breakdown exists; hence, it has the name “great pretender.” Its diagnosis may be unthinkable unless proper cultures/histologies are taken. We describe a patient with lumbar spondylodiscitis and epidural absc...

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Autores principales: Kapmaz, Mahir, Gülşen, İsmail, Kış, Naciye, Başaran, Seniha, Öksüz, Lütfiye, Gürler, Nezahat
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4082937/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25024855
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/469075

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