Vertebral osteomyelitis: A potentially catastrophic outcome after lumbar epidural steroid injection

Pain Physician

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 693-697

  Simopoulos, Thomas T ^a   Kraemer, Jan J ^a   Glazer, Paul ^b   Bajwa, Zahid H ^b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidural steroid injection; Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA); Osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; VANCOMYCIN;

ABSCESS; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE ABSCESS; INJECTION SITE REACTION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; LEG PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; RADICULAR PAIN; SOFT TISSUE ABSCESS; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; STEROIDS;

EID: 57649212039     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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