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A pain in the back: anaerobic vertebral spondylitis of hematogenous origin

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  1. Department of Health Sciences, Infectious Diseases Unit, University of Genova (DISSAL), Genoa, Italy

    Niccolò Riccardi & Andrea De Maria

  2. Infectious Diseases Unit, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, Genoa, Italy

    Niccolò Riccardi & Andrea De Maria

  3. Radiology Unit, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, Istituto Nazionale Ricerca sul Cancro, Genoa, Italy

    Marta Baglietto & Carlo Neumaier

  4. Department of Integrated Surgical and Diagnostic Sciences (DISC), University of Genova, Genoa, Italy

    Marta Baglietto, Carlo Neumaier & Anna Marchese

  5. Microbiology Unit, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, Istituto Nazionale Ricerca sul Cancro, Genoa, Italy

    Anna Marchese

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Riccardi, N., Baglietto, M., Neumaier, C. et al. A pain in the back: anaerobic vertebral spondylitis of hematogenous origin. Infection 44, 823–824 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-016-0925-8

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