Spinal epidural abscess - Review of 10 cases

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 520-523

  Tacconi, L ^a   Johnston, F G ^a   Symon, L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood culture; Epidural abscess; Infection; Spinal cord compression

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 0029936304     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01411171     Document Type: Article

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