Recurrent Bacterial Meningitis Accompanied by A Spinal Intramedullary Abscess
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Recurrent Bacterial Meningitis Accompanied by A Spinal Intramedullary Abscess
Bacterial meningitis is rarely complicated by an intradural spinal abscess, and recurrent meningitis is an uncommon presentation of a spinal intramedullary abscess. Here, we report a 63-year-old patient with recurrent meningitis as the first manifestation of an underlying spinal intramedullary abscess. To the best of our knowledge, no previous report has been issued on recurrent meningitis acco...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2005-3711,1598-7876
DOI: 10.3340/jkns.2012.51.6.380