Vertebral Osteomyelitis Caused by Helicobacter cinaedi Identified Using Broad-range Polymerase Chain Reaction with Sequencing of the Biopsied Specimen

A 65-year-old man presented with gradually exacerbating low back pain. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed vertebral osteomyelitis in the Th11-L2 vertebral bodies and discs. The patient showed negative findings on conventional cultures. Direct broad-range polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with sequenc...

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Autores principales: Hase, Ryota, Hirooka, Takuya, Itabashi, Takashi, Endo, Yasunobu, Otsuka, Yoshihito
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5995724/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29321407
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.0012-17

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5995724/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29321407
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.0012-17

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