Articles | Volume 6, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-6-171-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-6-171-2021
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20 May 2021
Case report |  | 20 May 2021

Costal osteomyelitis due to Bartonella henselae in a 10-year-old girl

Arnaud Salmon-Rousseau, Christelle Auvray, Quentin Besset, Claire Briandet, Claire Desplantes, and Pascal Chavanet

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We describe the second known case of unifocal thoracic osteomyelitis due to Bartonella henselae, which presented as a thoracic tumor.