Calcaneal Osteomyelitis due to Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria: A Case Report
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Calcaneal Osteomyelitis due to Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria: A Case Report.
Osteomyelitis is a bone infection caused by bacteria or other germs. Gram-positive cocci are the most common etiological organisms of calcaneal osteomyelitis; whereas, non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are rarely documented. We reported a case of NTM calcaneal osteomyelitis in a 51-year-old female patient. She had been previously treated in many local clinics with multiple local steroid inject...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2234-0645,2234-0653
DOI: 10.5535/arm.2016.40.1.172