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Letter to the Editor

Increased mortality in patients aged 75 years or over with pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis

Virginie ZarroukService de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Beaujon, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Clichy, France;
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Julien GrasService de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Beaujon, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Clichy, France;
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Vincent DubéeService de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Beaujon, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Clichy, France;
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Victoire de LastoursService de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Beaujon, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Clichy, France; ;Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France;
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Amanda LopesService de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Beaujon, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Clichy, France;
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Véronique LeflonService de Microbiologie, Hôpital Beaujon, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Clichy, France;
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Wassim AllahamService de Radiologie, Hôpital Beaujon, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Clichy, France;
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Pierre GuiguiFaculté de Médecine, Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France; ;Service d’orthopédie, Hôpital Beaujon, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Clichy, France
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Bruno FantinService de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Beaujon, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Clichy, France; ;Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France; Correspondence[email protected]
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Pages 783-787 | Received 19 Apr 2018, Accepted 25 Apr 2018, Published online: 10 May 2018

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