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J Paediatr Child Health. 2021 Dec;57(12):2010-2011. doi: 10.1111/jpc.15408. Epub 2021 Mar 10.

Subacute osteomyelitis caused by Fusobacterium nucleatum in a healthy child.

Journal of paediatrics and child health

Sulaiman Almuzam, Annaleise R Howard-Jones, Oliver Birke, Helen Doyle, Alison M Kesson, Ben J Marais

Affiliations

  1. Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
  2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
  3. Department of Histopathology, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
  4. Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

PMID: 33751703 DOI: 10.1111/jpc.15408

[No abstract available.]

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