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Neisseria elongata osteomyelitis: Literature review and case report in a 63-year-old male presenting with progressive right-handed redness, swelling and pain

INTRODUCTION: Neisseria elongata, a gram-negative rod, has been identified in 23 cases of pathogenesis in the literature, of which only 2 were osteomyelitis. Here we report the third known case of isolated N. elongata cultures in a digital osteomyelitis. PRESENTATION OF CASE: A 63-year-old male with...

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Autores principales: Spielman, Amanda F., Ghumman, Ammara, Panthaki, Zubin, Lessard, Anne-Sophie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7385039/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32717677
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2020.07.022