Bacterial Spinal Epidural and Psoas Abscess in Pregnancy Associated with Intravenous Drug Use

Spontaneous spinal epidural abscess (SEA) is a rare infection of the central nervous system. We report a case of a 25-year-old G3 P0020 at 36 weeks of gestational age with history of intravenous drug abuse presenting with acute-onset and severe back pain. Despite antibiotic therapy, pain worsened an...

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Autores principales: Spiegel Strauss, Tirtza N., Pachtman, Sarah L., Rochelson, Burton
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6016220/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29992066
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/1797421

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