Spinal epidural abscess

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 111, Issue 1073, 1998, Pages 345-347

  Wong, Deanne ^a   Raymond, Nigel J ^a  

^a Wellington Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; EPIDURAL SPACE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; SPINE DISEASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; DRAINAGE; EPIDURAL SPACE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL DISEASES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0032508440     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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