Intramedullary cervical spinal cord abscess by viridans group Streptococcus secondary to infective endocarditis and facilitated by previous local radiotherapy

Internal Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-64

  Fernández Ruiz, Mario ^a   López Medrano, Francisco ^a   García Montero, María ^b   Hornedo Muguiro, Javier ^b   Aguado, Jose María ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^b Clinica La Luz   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cervical spinal cord; Infective endocarditis; Intramedullary abscess; Radiotherapy; Viridans group Streptococcus

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BLEOMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; GENTAMICIN; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE;

AGED; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BURNING SENSATION; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD ABSCESS; CHILL; FEVER; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIATION DOSE; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; HUMANS; MALE; RADIATION INJURIES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VIRIDANS STREPTOCOCCI;

EID: 61749090430     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.48.1548     Document Type: Article

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