Typhoid spondylodiscitis mimicking tuberculosis in a teenage girl

• Main Authors: Barnini Banerjee (Author), Mridula Madiyal (Author), Pai K Madhava (Author), Manali Agarwal (Author), Chiranjay Mukhopadhyay (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Salmonella Typhi cause a broad spectrum of human illnesses like gastroenteritis, typhoid fever, and bacteremia. It has also been recognized as a causative organism of osteomyelitis for more than a century but the incidence appears to be uncommon. Microbiological workup plays important role in the di...