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Rapidly Progressive Gas-containing Lumbar Spinal Epidural Abscess

Gas-containing (emphysematous) infections of the abdomen, pelvis, and extremities are well-known disease entities, which can potentially be life-threatening. They require aggressive medical and often surgical treatment. In the neurosurgical field, some cases of gas-containing brain abscess and subdu...

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Autores principales: Bang, Jin Hyuk, Cho, Keun-Tae
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4623168/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26512268
http://dx.doi.org/10.14245/kjs.2015.12.3.139
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description Gas-containing (emphysematous) infections of the abdomen, pelvis, and extremities are well-known disease entities, which can potentially be life-threatening. They require aggressive medical and often surgical treatment. In the neurosurgical field, some cases of gas-containing brain abscess and subdural empyema have been reported. Sometimes they progress rapidly and even can cause fatal outcome. However, gas-containing spinal epidural abscess has been rarely reported and clinical course is unknown. We report on a case of rapidly progressive gas-containing lumbar spinal epidural abscess due to Enterococcus faecalis in a 72-year-old male patient with diabetes mellitus.
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spelling pubmed-46231682015-10-28 Rapidly Progressive Gas-containing Lumbar Spinal Epidural Abscess Bang, Jin Hyuk Cho, Keun-Tae Korean J Spine Case Report Gas-containing (emphysematous) infections of the abdomen, pelvis, and extremities are well-known disease entities, which can potentially be life-threatening. They require aggressive medical and often surgical treatment. In the neurosurgical field, some cases of gas-containing brain abscess and subdural empyema have been reported. Sometimes they progress rapidly and even can cause fatal outcome. However, gas-containing spinal epidural abscess has been rarely reported and clinical course is unknown. We report on a case of rapidly progressive gas-containing lumbar spinal epidural abscess due to Enterococcus faecalis in a 72-year-old male patient with diabetes mellitus. The Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society 2015-09 2015-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC4623168/ /pubmed/26512268 http://dx.doi.org/10.14245/kjs.2015.12.3.139 Text en Copyright © 2015 The Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Rapidly Progressive Gas-containing Lumbar Spinal Epidural Abscess
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4623168/
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