Campylobacter spondylodiscitis and deficiency of cellular immunity.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We describe a case of spondylodiscitis caused by Campylobacter fetus in a previously healthy patient. This is the first report of this agent causing discovertebral infection, which generated cellular immune deficiency, reversible with the cure.
Medical subject headings
- Campylobacter Infections
- Campylobacter fetus
- Discitis
- Immune System Diseases
- Immunity, Cellular