Proteus mirabilis abscess involving the entire neural axis.

Autor: Kamat AS; Division of Neurosurgery, H53 Old Main Building, Groote Schuur Hospital and Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town, Main Road, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa. Electronic address: amskam@gmail.com., Thango NS; Division of Neurosurgery, H53 Old Main Building, Groote Schuur Hospital and Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town, Main Road, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa., Husein MB; Division of Neurosurgery, H53 Old Main Building, Groote Schuur Hospital and Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town, Main Road, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia [J Clin Neurosci] 2016 Aug; Vol. 30, pp. 127-129. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Mar 05.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2015.12.030
Abstrakt: Intramedullary spinal cord abscesses are rare and potentially devastating lesions usually associated with other infective processes such as bacterial endocarditis, or pulmonary or urogenital infection. We describe a 2-year-old girl who presented with an infected dermal sinus leading to an intraspinal abscess. This abscess eventually spread and involved the entire neural axis leaving her quadriparetic. Drainage of the abscess resulted in recovery and the child regained normal function of her limbs. To our knowledge this is the first documented case of an intramedullary abscess involving the entire neural axis.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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