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Multifocal skeletal tuberculosis in an immunocompetent patient: a case report

BACKGROUND: The occurrence of multifocal skeletal involvement in immunocompetent patients is rare, even in countries where tuberculosis is endemic. Multifocal skeletal lesions may occur as a result of hematogenous dissemination from another primary focus such as cervical lymph nodes, lungs, tonsils...

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Autores principales: de Araujo, Paulo Sérgio Ramos, de Melo, Heloisa Ramos Lacerda, de Melo, Fábio Lopes, Medeiros, Zulma, Maciel, Maria Amélia, Florêncio, Renata, Brandão, Eduardo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4475287/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26092386
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-015-0985-x