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Reactivation of tuberculosis after total hip replacement – 58 years after primary infection

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    Antun Maricevic

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Maricevic, A., Đogaš, Z., Goic-Barišić, I. et al. Reactivation of tuberculosis after total hip replacement – 58 years after primary infection. Wien Klin Wochenschr 120, 642–643 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00508-008-1006-5

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