Brucellar spinal epidural abscess of cervical location: report of four cases.

MA, Pina; PJ, Modrego; JJ, Uroz; JC, Cobeta; FJ, Lerin; JJ, Baiges

doi:10.1159/000052137

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Brucellar spinal epidural abscess of cervical location: report of four cases.

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Authors:

Pina MA

Modrego PJ

Uroz JJ

Abstract

Spinal epidural abscesses account for 1 or 2 of every 10,000 hospital admissions, Staphylococcus aureus being the bacterium most frequently involved. Brucellosis is a disorder of worldwide distribution, relatively frequent in South America and in Mediterranean countries in Europe and Africa. Whilst ...

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