Intramedullary spinal cord abscess treated with antibiotic therapy - Case report and review

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 262-268

  Kurita, Noriaki ^a   Sakurai, Yasuhisa ^a   Taniguchi, Makoto ^b   Terao, Toru ^b   Takahashi, Hiroshi ^b   Mannen, Toru ^a  

^a MITSUI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN NEUROLOGICAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibiotic treatment; Intramedullary spinal cord abscess; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFPIROME; CEFTRIAXONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY SPINAL CORD ABSCESS; MALE; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE RETENTION;

ABSCESS; AMPICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEPHALOSPORINS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EDEMA; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELITIS; NECK PAIN; SINUSITIS; SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER, NEUROGENIC;

EID: 67650911921     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.49.262     Document Type: Article

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