Psoas and spinal epidural abscess in a diabetic patient - Case report

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 274-277

  Oblak, Maja Ravnik ^a   Oblak, Ciril ^a   Stankovic, Saso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Psoas abscess; Spinal epidural abscess

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; FLUCONAZOLE; INSULIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN TREATMENT; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PSOAS ABSCESS; RECURRENT INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABSCESS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; EPIDURAL SPACE; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSOAS ABSCESS; SPINAL DISEASES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 20144362116     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2004.10.008     Document Type: Article

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