Multisegmental spondylitis due to <it>Tropheryma whipplei</it>: Case report
<p>Abstract</p> <p>We report a patient who presented with inflammatory back pain due to multisegmental spondylitis. Following a vertebral biopsy which failed to detect an infectious organism, the patient was treated with etanercept, a tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α inhibitor, for su...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2009-06-01
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Series: | Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases |
Online Access: | http://www.ojrd.com/content/4/1/13 |