Surgical management of cervical spinal epidural abscess caused by Brucella melitensis: Report of two cases and review of the literature

Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 383-387

  Ekici, Mehmet Ali ^a   Özbek, Zühtü ^b   Gökoǧlu, Abdülkerim ^c   Menkü, Ahmet ^a  

^a Sevket Yilmaz Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Yunus Emre State Hospital   (Turkey)

^c ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brucella melitensis; Cervical epidural abscess; Spinal cord compression; Spondylodiscitis; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN; SULTAMICILLIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL EPIDURAL ABSCESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FATIGUE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; HYPESTHESIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALAISE; MALE; NECK PAIN; NIGHT SWEAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SHOULDER PAIN; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84865533487     PISSN: 20053711     EISSN: 15987876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3340/jkns.2012.51.6.383     Document Type: Article

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