Lumbar facet joint infection associated with epidural and paraspinal abscess: A case report with review of the literature

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 458-461

  Okada, Fumiharu ^a   Takayama, Hiroyuki ^a,c   Doita, Minoru ^b   Harada, Toshihiko ^a   Yoshiya, Shinichi ^b   Kurosaka, Masahiro ^b  

^a Hyogo Prefectural Kakogawa Hospital   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidural abscess; Facet joint; Infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FLOMOXEF; PIPERACILLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VICILLIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACK MUSCLE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FEVER; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE FUNCTION DISORDER; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EPIDURAL ABSCESS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 33644826221     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bsd.0000159036.42989.93     Document Type: Review

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