[Diagnosis and treatment of spinal epidural abscess]. / Diagnóstico y tratamiento del absceso epidural espinal.
Medicina (B Aires)
; 59(1): 59-62, 1999.
Article
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| ID: mdl-10349121
ABSTRACT
Spinal epidural I abscess is an uncommon disease. The medical literature emphasizes the importance of its timely recognition and treatment. Three patients admitted in our hospital are presented. None of them was diagnosed on ambulatory bases. All of them were admitted because of spinal ache and two of them also had fever. Magnetic resonance imaging yielded the correct diagnosis in all cases and was very effective in delineating the extent of the lesion. We used antimicrobial therapy directed against the bacteria identified by cultures as well as surgical drainage in all cases. The three patients had a good outcome and no neurologic sequela. Early recognition, proper microbiologic diagnosis and surgical drainage are the main criteria for the current management of spinal epidural abscess.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Doenças da Coluna Vertebral
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Infecções Estafilocócicas
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Abscesso
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Medicina (B Aires)
Ano de publicação:
1999
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Argentina