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Epidural abscess related to Streptococcus mitis in a 57-year-old immunocompetent patient

A 57-year-old immunocompetent male patient presented himself to our emergency department with lumbar pain for 10 days, after a lumbar torsion. He was neurologically intact, but showed signs of systemic inflammatory syndrome. A lumbar MRI found a spinal epidural abscess from L3-L4 to L5-S1 levels. Th...

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Published in:BMJ Case Rep
Main Authors: Prod'homme, Marc, Grasset, Didier, Chalaron, Marc, Boscherini, Duccio
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2021
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8043008/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33837023
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2020-239295
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