Bacterial spinal epidural abscess: Review of 43 cases and literature survey

Medicine (United States)

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 1992, Pages 369-385

  Darouiche, Rabih O ^a   Hamill, Richard J ^a   Greenberg, Stephen B ^a   Weathers, Susan W ^a   Musher, Daniel M ^a  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ADULT; AGED; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMPYEMA, SUBDURAL; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 0026447742     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: 15365964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005792-199211000-00004     Document Type: Article

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