Mycobacterium tuberculosis: sometimes, a hidden culprit
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis: sometimes, a hidden culprit.
1 of 2 DESCRIPTION A previously healthy 31-year-old woman presented to our emergency department with a 1-month history of fever, non-productive cough, malaise and weight loss. She also reported having had low back and left buttock pain for the last 5 months. Stress tests of the sacroiliac joint, namely the lateral pelvic compression test, the fl exion, abduction and external rotation of the hip...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1757-790X
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.06.2011.4383