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Pneumococcal Epidural Abscess in an Asplenic Patient Presenting After Mild Hip Trauma

We report a unique presentation of an epidural abscess following mild trauma in a patient with asplenia. The patient reported subjective fever and marked pain along the right hip and flank, which are atypical locations for epidural abscess pain. A subsequent urinalysis showed leukocytes, and the dia...

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Autores principales: Allencherril, Ronan, Joseph, Linda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7193179/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32368426
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7494