Spinal epidural abscess due to Actinomyces israelii.
Publication/Presentation Date
2-1-1981
Abstract
A 31-year-old man had back pain, weight loss, fever, and paraplegia, with radiographic evidence of a left upper lobe lesion and lytic lesions in ribs and vertebral bodies. Gallium uptake was increased over the spine. At surgery we found a paraspinal abscess due to Actinomyces israelii. The patient responded to surgery and penicillin therapy. This is the first report of a case of actinomycotic spinal epidural abscess necessitating emergency surgery since the advent of penicillin.
Volume
31
Issue
2
First Page
202
Last Page
204
ISSN
0028-3878
Published In/Presented At
Kannangara, D. W., Tanaka, T., & Thadepalli, H. (1981). Spinal epidural abscess due to Actinomyces israelii. Neurology, 31(2), 202–204. https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.31.2.204
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
7193305
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article
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