The great simulator: A historical presentation involving miliary tuberculosis and Pott’s disease in an immunocompetent young female patient aged 25

The great simulator: A historical presentation involving miliary tuberculosis and Pott’s disease in an immunocompetent young female patient aged 25

The association between miliary tuberculous and spondylodiscitis is rarely described in the literature and usually occurs in immunocompromised patients. We report the case of an immunocompetent woman aged 25, suffering from inflammatory back pain associated with fever and weight loss in postpartum....

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Main Authors: Safaa Belghali, Dorra Amri, Khadija Baccouche, Senda Mejdoub, Hela Zeglaoui, Elyes Bouajina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-07-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis
Subjects:
Spinal tuberculosis
Pott’s disease
Miliary tuberculosis
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763817301000

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