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Isolated splenic tuberculosis with subsequent paradoxical deterioration: a case report
BACKGROUND: Isolated tuberculosis of the spleen has been described occasionally in literature, mostly in immunosuppressed individuals with various risk factors. Sequestration in the spleen makes such Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection difficult to diagnose. This report describes an extremely rare...
Autores principales: | Wangai, Frederick, Achieng, Loice, Otieno, George, Njoroge, Jacqueline, Wambaire, Tabitha, Rajab, Jamilla |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5402664/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28438221 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-017-2483-2 |
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