Bilateral psoas abscesses caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) after posterolateral fusion of the lumbar spine

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1465-1467

  Berti, Aldo F ^b   Santillan, Alejandro ^a   Berti Jr , Aldo F ^c  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Miami Neurosurgical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA); Percutaneous lumbar drainage; Psoas abscess; Spinal fusion; Transpedicular fixation

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CLAUDICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GAIT DISORDER; HIP PAIN; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LAMINECTOMY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR SPINE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEUROLYSIS; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDICLE SCREW; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS ABSCESS; RADICULOPATHY; REOPERATION; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PSOAS ABSCESS; PSOAS MUSCLES; SPINAL FUSION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957336300     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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