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The disappearance of femoral head and neck resulting from extensive bone defect caused by secondary syphilis: a case report and literature review

BACKGROUND: Treponema Pallidum (TP), the pathogen of syphilis, commonly infects bones in cases of congenital and tertiary syphilis, but it is rare in the primary and secondary stages. With its mild symptoms and rare clinical findings, it might be easy to dismiss the diagnosis of early syphilis. Usua...

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Autores principales: Liang, Xiao, Liu, Tang, Yuan, Chuang, Wang, Wanchun, Liang, Peixiong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6060474/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30045704
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-018-2152-1