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Published in: Internal and Emergency Medicine 3/2019

01-04-2019 | IM - CASE RECORD

An unusual calf lesion in an immunocompromised patient

Authors: Maddalena Gili, Flavia Chiacchiarini, Stefania Morra di Cella, Elisabetta Baglioni, Maria Felice Brizzi, Francesco Giuseppe De Rosa, Massimo Porta

Published in: Internal and Emergency Medicine | Issue 3/2019

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Dear colleagues, we present today a rare infection developed in an immunocompromised patient, which represented a diagnostic challenge while admitted to our internal medicine ward. Dr. Gili, will you please describe the patient? …
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Metadata
Title
An unusual calf lesion in an immunocompromised patient
Authors
Maddalena Gili
Flavia Chiacchiarini
Stefania Morra di Cella
Elisabetta Baglioni
Maria Felice Brizzi
Francesco Giuseppe De Rosa
Massimo Porta
Publication date
01-04-2019
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Internal and Emergency Medicine / Issue 3/2019
Print ISSN: 1828-0447
Electronic ISSN: 1970-9366
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-018-1878-y

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