Campylobacter spondylodiscitis and deficiency of cellular immunity.

Mathieu, E; Koeger, A C; Rozenberg, S; Bourgeois, P · J Rheumatol · 1991

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.

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