Pneumococcal Vertebral Osteomyelitis after Epidural Injection: A Rare Event

Streptococcus pneumoniae vertebral infections have rarely been reported. Herein, we report a case of pneumococcal vertebral osteomyelitis with paraspinal and epidural abscesses as well as concomitant bacteremia following epidural injection. This will be the second case in the literature reporting pn...

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Autores principales: Johnson, Tamara M, Chitturi, Chandrika, Lange, Michael, Suh, Jin S, Slim, Jihad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4997796/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27621563
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-777X.188597

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4997796/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27621563
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-777X.188597

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