Sternal tuberculous osteomyelitis: a series of four cases
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In a dental hospital, patients reporting with exposed bone in the palate/maxilla with or without pus discharging sinuses are generally clinically diagnosed as osteomyelitis which can occur as a complication of odontogenic bacterial infections, traumatic injuries, herpes zoster infection, aspergillosis, mucormycosis or iatrogenic infections. We present a series of four cases, all of which were i...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2394-6032
DOI: 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20150484