Spondylodiscitis occurring after diagnostic lumbar puncture: a case report.

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Published in Case Rep Infect Dis on February 13, 2013

Authors

Mehmet Sabri Gürbüz1, Mehmet Zafer Berkman

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Neurosurgery, Haydarpaşa Numune Research and Educational Hospital, Tıbbiye Caddesi, No. 40, Üsküdar, 34668 İstanbul, Turkey.

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