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Rare cause of back pain: Staphylococcus aureus vertebral osteomyelitis complicated by recurrent epidural abscess and severe sepsis

An epidural abscess represents a rare acute medical emergency, with a reported incidence of 2.5/10 000 hospital admissions annually. The clinical features include fever, spinal pain, radiating nerve root pain and leg weakness. When sepsis is present, prompt recognition is required to initiate approp...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMJ Case Rep
Hauptverfasser: Dunphy, Louise, Iyer, Shabnam, Brown, Christopher
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: BMJ Publishing Group 2016
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5174821/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27965310
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2016-217111
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