Spontaneous epidural abscess: Analysis of 15 cases with emphasis on diagnostic and prognostic factors

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 514-517

  González López, Julio J ^a   Górgolas, Miguel ^a   Muñiz, Jesús ^a   López Medrano, Francisco ^a   Barnés, Pedro Ruiz ^a   Fernández Guerrero, Manuel L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Central nervous system infections; Epidural abscess; Retropharyngeal abscess; Spondylitis; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAIN ABSCESS; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE ABSCESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL ABSCESS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBOSACRAL ABSCESS; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PROGNOSIS; SKULL BASE; SPINAL CORD INFECTION; SPINE; SPONTANEOUS EPIDURAL ABSCESS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; THORACIC ABSCESS; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; DRAINAGE; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI GROUP;

EID: 68949196480     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2009.03.010     Document Type: Article

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