Spinal Epidural Abscess
- 4 September 1975
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 293 (10), 463-468
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm197509042931001
Abstract
Thirty-nine patients with spinal epidural abscess were evaluated at the Massachusetts General Hospital between 1947 and 1974. Twenty had acute symptoms, and purulent epidural collections were present; 19 had prolonged courses, and epidural granulation tissue was observed at operation. Staphylococcus aureuswas the most common etiologic agent (57 per cent), followed by streptococci (18 per cent) and gram-negative bacilli (13 per cent). The source of infection was osteomyelitis in 38 per cent of cases and bacteremia in 26 per cent. In 16 per cent epidural abscess was due to postoperative infection.Keywords
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