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Brucella melitensis prosthetic joint infection in a traveller returning to the UK from Thailand: Case report and review of the literature

BACKGROUND: Brucella spp. prosthetic joint infections are infrequently reported in the literature, particularly in returning travellers, and optimal treatment is unknown. METHOD: We describe a prosthetic joint infection (PJI) caused by Brucella melitensis in a traveller returning to the UK from Thai...

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Autores principales: Lewis, Joseph M., Folb, Jonathan, Kalra, Sanjay, Squire, S. Bertel, Taegtmeyer, Miriam, Beeching, Nick J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5093331/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27591088
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2016.08.010