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Published in: Indian Journal of Pediatrics 12-13/2016

01-12-2016 | Scientific Letter

Concomitant Scrofuloderma and Tuberculous Osteomyelitis of Mandible

Authors: Sumeet R. Dhawan, Pankaj C. Vaidya, Anish Bhattacharya, Ajay Kumar, Pratibha D. Singhi

Published in: Indian Journal of Pediatrics | Issue 12-13/2016

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To the Editor : Tuberculous osteomyelitis of the mandible is a rare form of osteoarticular tuberculosis (TB). Concomitant skin TB with osteoarticular TB is rarer [1, 2]. We describe a child who initially had mandibular osteomyelitis and scrofuloderma complicated by tuberculous meningitis. …
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Metadata
Title
Concomitant Scrofuloderma and Tuberculous Osteomyelitis of Mandible
Authors
Sumeet R. Dhawan
Pankaj C. Vaidya
Anish Bhattacharya
Ajay Kumar
Pratibha D. Singhi
Publication date
01-12-2016
Publisher
Springer India
Published in
Indian Journal of Pediatrics / Issue 12-13/2016
Print ISSN: 0019-5456
Electronic ISSN: 0973-7693
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-016-2143-x

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