Extensive spinal epidural abscess as a complication of Crohn's disease

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 144-146

  Smith, Chez ^a   Kavar, Bhadrakant ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Laminectomy; Spinal epidural abscess

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PREDNISOLONE;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROHN DISEASE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL EPIDURAL ABSCESS;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROHN DISEASE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEVER; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARAPARESIS; QUADRIPLEGIA; RECTAL FISTULA; RECTUM; SACRUM; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 72449201043     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2009.02.038     Document Type: Article

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