Lytic Bone Lesion by Brucella spp.: A Delayed Diagnosis

J Pediatr Infect Dis 2018; 13(03): 252-254
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1607359

Letter to the Editor

Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Ana Catarina Lopes Dias

¹Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Hospital and University Center of Coimbra, Pediatric Hospital of Coimbra, Portugal

,

Paula Alexandra Bola Estanqueiro

¹Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Hospital and University Center of Coimbra, Pediatric Hospital of Coimbra, Portugal

,

Manuel Baptista Salgado

¹Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Hospital and University Center of Coimbra, Pediatric Hospital of Coimbra, Portugal

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