Intramedullary Spinal Cord Abscess

1 January 1990

journal article
Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurosurgery

Vol. 26 (1), 145-146
https://doi.org/10.1227/00006123-199001000-00023

Abstract

Viral myelitis and bacterial epidural infections are common in intravenous drug abusers, but primary infections of the spinal cord are extremely rare. W

Keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME
DRUG ABUSE
ABSCESS
BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA
MYELITIS
QUADRIPLEGIA
INFECTIONS
NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES
SPINAL CORD
ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY
INTRAVENOUS DRUG USERS
HIV INFECTIONS
SPINAL CORD INFECTIONS
SPINAL CORD ABSCESS
SUBSTANCE ABUSERS

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