Treatment of aStaphylococcus lugdunensiscervical epidural abscess
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Successful medical treatment of spinal epidural abscess.
Spinal epidural abscess is a rare but potentially fatal disease. A 67-year-old female suffered fever and painful swelling of the right knee and lower leg for one week. Both synovial fluid and blood cultures yielded methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus. Low back pain developed and fever was sustained despite the administration of intravenous oxacillin. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of ...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ Case Reports
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1757-790X
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2018-227449