Vertebral osteomyelitis caused by Fusobacterium nucleatum with an associated asymptomatic liver abscess in an immunocompetent adult: A case report and literature review

Fusobacterium nucleatum rarely causes vertebral osteomyelitis or liver abscesses, and no reports exist of it concurrently causing vertebral osteomyelitis and pyogenic liver abscess. A 58-year-old woman with a history of periodontitis presented with worsening lumbago, left lower leg pain, numbness, a...

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Hauptverfasser:	Hirokazu Toyoshima, Motoaki Tanigawa, Chiaki Ishiguro, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Yuki Nakanishi, Shigetoshi Sakabe
Format:	Artigo
Sprache:	Inglês
Veröffentlicht:	Elsevier 2023-01-01
Schriftenreihe:	IDCases
Schlagworte:	Fusobacterium nucleatum Vertebral osteomyelitis Pyogenic liver abscess Periodontitis 16S rRNA gene sequencing
Online-Zugang:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250923000781
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