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Aliment Pharmacol Ther
; 45(4): 576-577, 2017 02.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-28074504
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Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi
; 105(4): 778-84, 2001.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12092238
RESUMO
In a retrospective study, 68 patients with Spinal Epidural Abscess (SEA) were reviewed. Of these, 66% had different predisposing factors such as staphylococcal skin infections, surgical procedures, rachicentesis, trauma, spondilodiscitis. Abscess had a lumbar region location in 53% of cases. Staphylococcus aureus was the most frequent etiological agent (81%). The overall rate of mortality in SEA patients was 13.2%.