Bilateral tuberculous psoas abscess

The unilateral psoas abscess is a rare disease that is often caused by common germs, including Staphylococcus aureus . Tuberculous origin and bilateral involvement are even rarer, especially in developed countries. It may be primary or secondary to a neighbourhood focus. We report a case of bilatera...

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Autores principales: Miloudi, Mouhcine, Arsalane, Lamiae, Kharrab, Anas, El Kamouni, Youssef, Zouhair, Said
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Microbiology Society 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7497824/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32974598
http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/acmi.0.000135
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Sumario:The unilateral psoas abscess is a rare disease that is often caused by common germs, including Staphylococcus aureus . Tuberculous origin and bilateral involvement are even rarer, especially in developed countries. It may be primary or secondary to a neighbourhood focus. We report a case of bilateral tuberculous abscess of psoas in an immunocompetent patient secondary to spondylodiscitis.

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