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Case Reports
. 2020 Jan;62(1):97-99.
doi: 10.1111/ped.14037. Epub 2020 Jan 9.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis prosthesis joint infection

Andreia Fiúza Ribeiro  1 , Marisa Inacio Oliveira  1 , Pedro Jordão  2 , Delfin Tavares  2 , Luís Varandas  1 , Catarina Gouveia  1
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Case Reports

Mycobacterium tuberculosis prosthesis joint infection

Andreia Fiúza Ribeiro et al. Pediatr Int. 2020 Jan.
No abstract available

Keywords: chronic osteomyelitis; hip arthroplasty; prosthesis infection; tuberculosis.

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