Co-infection by Streptococcus anginosus and Mycobacterium tuberculosis: three case reports
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Co-infection by Streptococcus anginosus and Mycobacterium tuberculosis: three case reports
INTRODUCTION Bacterial infections may appear as sequelae of remote tuberculous infections, especially thoracic infections. The simultaneous appearance of tuberculosis and bacterial infection is not common, and, to our knowledge, the association of infection by Streptococcus anginosus and Mycobacterium tuberculosis has not been reported previously in the literature. CASE PRESENTATION We report...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Case Reports
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1752-1947
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-3-37