Bartonella henselae vertebral osteomyelitis in a pediatric patient: A case report

Bartonella henselae is an unusual and rarely suspected osteomyelitis etiologic agent. We present a case of low back‐pain in a 10‐year‐old female which lead to a challenging diagnostic work‐up due to subtle imaging findings. The diagnosis was Bartonella henselae vertebral osteomyelitis mimicking bone...

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Autores principales: Abu‐Rumeileh, Sarah, Beltrami, Giovanni, Di Maurizio, Marco, Indolfi, Giuseppe, Trapani, Sandra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9582676/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36276906
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6117
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Sumario:Bartonella henselae is an unusual and rarely suspected osteomyelitis etiologic agent. We present a case of low back‐pain in a 10‐year‐old female which lead to a challenging diagnostic work‐up due to subtle imaging findings. The diagnosis was Bartonella henselae vertebral osteomyelitis mimicking bone tumor.

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