A malignant disseminated tuberculosis: concurrent intracranial tuberculosis with skipped multilevel spondylitis in a young immunocompetent patient
Background/aim. Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) infection can cause pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB), resulted from hematogenous or lymphatic dissemination of the bacteria. Disseminated TB is characterized by the presence of two or more non-contiguous sites from the spread...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Amaltea Medical Publishing House
2022-03-01
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| Series: | Romanian Journal of Neurology |
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| Online Access: | https://rjn.com.ro/articles/2022.1/RJN_2022_1_Art-16.pdf |