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Case Reports
. 1978 Mar;48(3):465-9.
doi: 10.3171/jns.1978.48.3.0465.

Anaerobic spinal epidural abscess. Case report

I C Guerrero, G B Slap, R R MacGregor, P Lawner, S Ruggeri, T Gennarelli
Case Reports

Anaerobic spinal epidural abscess. Case report

I C Guerrero et al. J Neurosurg. 1978 Mar.

Abstract

An acute spinal epidural abscess is reported from which a pure growth of the anaerobe Fusobacterium necrophorum was isolated. The mode of infection and pathogen makes it unique. The literature concerning the bacteriology of epidural abscess and the implications of anaerobic epidural infection are discussed.

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