Spinal epidural abscess in adults caused by Staphylococcus aureus: Clinical characteristics and prognostic factors

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 572-576

  Huang, Po Yu ^a   Chen, Shu Feng ^a,b   Chang, Wen Neng ^a   Lu, Chen Hsien ^a   Chuang, Yao Chung ^a   Tsai, Nai Wen ^a   Chang, Chiung Chih ^a,b   Wang, Hung Chen ^a   Chien, Chun Chih ^a   Chen, Shang Hang ^a   Huang, Chi Ren ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Methicillin resistant; Methicillin susceptible; Spinal epidural abscess; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LINEZOLID; OXACILLIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ABSCESS; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; METHICILLIN SENSITIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL EPIDURAL ABSCESS; SPINE DISEASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862022466     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: 18726968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2011.12.006     Document Type: Article

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