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LETTER

Letter to Editor Regarding: “Acute Spinal Epidural Abscess of the Cervical Spine Caused by Streptococcus Constellatus Leads to Paraplegia in an Adult: A Case Report” [Letter]

Borislav Kitov1 Clinic of Neurosurgery, University Hospital St. George, Plovdiv, BulgariaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0036-9006
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Denis Milkov2 Clinic of Otolaryngology, University Hospital Kaspela, Plovdiv, BulgariaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Atanas Davarski3 Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Faculty, Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Pages 3999-4000 | Received 08 Jun 2023, Accepted 20 Jun 2023, Published online: 21 Jun 2023

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