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Case Reports
. 1994 Feb;32(2):563-4.
doi: 10.1128/jcm.32.2.563-564.1994.

Case report of spinal epidural abscess caused by Haemophilus paraphrophilus

E G Scerpella  1 , S Wu, P E Oefinger
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Case Reports

Case report of spinal epidural abscess caused by Haemophilus paraphrophilus

E G Scerpella et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1994 Feb.

Abstract

Haemophilus paraphrophilus was recovered in pure culture from purulent material collected at surgery from a patient presenting with a spinal epidural abscess and a severe neurological deficit. This is the first report of such an occurrence.

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