Spinal epidural abscess: An analysis of 24 cases

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Pereira, Celestino Esteves ^a   Lynch, José Carlos ^a,b  

^a Rio de Janeiro 20221 903 Brazil   (Brazil)

^b Barra Da Tijuca Rio Janeiro RJ C ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Spinal epidural abscess; Spinal osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FEMALE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARESTHESIA; PUS; SPHINCTER; SPINAL CORD LESION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACK PAIN; CAUSALITY; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PARESTHESIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 11244293577     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2004.09.021     Document Type: Article

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