Osteonecrosis of the femoral head due to brucellosis: a case report

Abstract Background Brucellosis is a zoonotic infection transmitted from infected animals to humans, osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH) is a devastating disease that affects patients’ life with pain, dysfunction of walking and always lead to total hip arthroplasty (THA). We presented a case of...

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Main Authors: Peixu Wang, Wei Sun, Lijun Shi, Tengqi Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-03-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-020-4945-8