Serratia marcescens Spinal Epidural Abscess Following Caudal Epidural Injection / 대한정형외과학회잡지
The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association
;
: 359-363, 2017.
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in Korean
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ABSTRACT
Spinal infection due to Serratia marcescens is very rare. A 78-year-old male patient withoutany risk factor was admitted to our hospital with chief complaints of severe back pain, fever, weakness in both legs, and bowel dysfunction, following caudal epidural injection. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed spondylodiscitis with epidural abscess. Surgical decompression was performed and the epidural abscess was removed. The cultures isolated S. marcescens, which can cause nosocomial infection in immunocompromised patient. However, to the best of our knowledge, we report the first case of S. marcescens spinal epidural abscess following epidural injection, with literature review.
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Main subject:
Serratia
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Serratia marcescens
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Injections, Epidural
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Discitis
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Cross Infection
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Risk Factors
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Immunocompromised Host
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Back Pain
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Decompression, Surgical
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Korean
Journal:
The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association
Year:
2017
Type:
Article
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