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Isolated tuberculosis of the spleen presenting with fever of unknown origin in a vaccinated child

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide and is more common in developing countries. Isolated splenic TB is typically found in trauma, miliary TB and immunocompromised status. We present a very rare case of an immunocompetent child with an isolated primary TB in the spleen. T...

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Autores principales: Kakaje, Ameer, Mahmoud, Yousef, Hosam Aldeen, Osama, Hamdan, Othman
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7583411/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33133625
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omaa092