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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Main Authors: Tyndall Alan, Vogt Thomas, Cooper Julian, Bär Diego, Spoerl David, Walker Ulrich A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-06-01
Series:Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
Online Access:http://www.ojrd.com/content/4/1/13

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