Disseminated lymph node tuberculosis after splenectomy: an unusual case report in an adolescent

BACKGROUND: Splenectomized patients are at an increased risk for overwhelming post-splenectomy infections typically with encapsulated bacteria. The clinical association between splenectomy and lymph-node tuberculosis is unclear. CASE PRESENTATION: We describe a rare case of disseminated tuberculous...

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Autores principales: Cheng, Moxin, Chen, Yu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8614047/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34819021
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06859-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8614047/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34819021
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06859-1

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