Aspergillus fumigates Spondylodiscitis in an immunocompetent Patient
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Aspergillus fumigates Spondylodiscitis in an immunocompetent Patient
Spondylodiscitis is an inflammatory disease of one or more vertebral bodies and of corresponding intervertebral disc, the fungal etiology is rare, affecting mostly immunocompromised individuals. It is often delayed diagnosis by the indolence of symptoms, presenting itself as serious infection may result in important functional consequences. Here is a 69 year old lady presented with complaints o...
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عنوان ژورنال: MOJ Clinical & Medical Case Reports
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2381-179X
DOI: 10.15406/mojcr.2017.07.00188