scholarly journals Intramedullary spinal cord abscess

1992 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 225-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
M E M. Carus ◽  
B Anciones ◽  
A Castro ◽  
M Lara ◽  
A Isla
Neurosurgery ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara S. Koppel ◽  
Michael Daras ◽  
Kent R. Duffy

Abstract Viral myelitis and bacterial epidural infections are common in intravenous drug abusers, but primary infections of the spinal cord are extremely rare. We report a 50-year-old active intravenous drug user who developed tetraplegia from an intramedullary abscess caused by Pseudomonas cepacia. Despite neurosurgical drainage and appropriate antibiotic therapy, no improvement was seen. Earlier intervention and a high index of suspicion is required in patients with a history of intravenous drug abuse and spinal cord symptoms. (Neurosurgery 26:145-146, 1990)


2020 ◽  
Vol 82 ◽  
pp. 249-251
Author(s):  
Takayoshi Akimoto ◽  
Satoshi Hirose ◽  
Tomotaka Mizoguchi ◽  
Yuki Yokota ◽  
Makoto Hara ◽  
...  

2009 ◽  
Vol 49 (6) ◽  
pp. 262-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noriaki KURITA ◽  
Yasuhisa SAKURAI ◽  
Makoto TANIGUCHI ◽  
Toru TERAO ◽  
Hiroshi TAKAHASHI ◽  
...  

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 (may08 1) ◽  
pp. bcr1120103512-bcr1120103512 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Higuchi ◽  
H. Ishihara ◽  
S. Okuda ◽  
F. Kanda

1992 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 287-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan H. Erlich ◽  
Jeffery V. Rosenfeld ◽  
Andrew Fuller ◽  
Graham V. Brown ◽  
Jack Wodak ◽  
...  

2015 ◽  
Vol 06 (04) ◽  
pp. 261-263
Author(s):  
T.P. Yadav ◽  
Vivek Dewan ◽  
Divya Jain ◽  
Sandeep Choudhary

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