Bilateral psoas abscesses and vertebral osteomyelitis in a patient with sickle cell disease

The authors present a case of a patient with sickle-β thalassaemia (Sβ(0) Thal) who had bilateral psoas abscesses on a background of splenectomy in early childhood. The patient also turned out to have vertebral osteomyelitis and hydronephrosis on the side of the larger abscess. The only organism rec...

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Main Authors: Asnani, M, Williams, E W, Cawich, S, Reid, M, Mansingh, A, Shah, S, Williams-Johnson, Jean
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2010
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3030285/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22778281
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr.01.2010.2642
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