METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS EPIDURAL ABSCESS AFTER TRANSFORAMINAL EPIDURAL STEROID INJECTION
| Autor: | Carlos Untal, Samuel K. Rosenberg, Abdallah Kabbara |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Lumbar radiculopathy Epidural abscess business.industry Epidural steroid injection medicine.medical_treatment medicine.disease_cause medicine.disease Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Surgery Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Staphylococcus aureus Etiology Medicine Vancomycin business Abscess medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Pain Physician. :269-272 |
| ISSN: | 2150-1149 1533-3159 |
| DOI: | 10.36076/ppj.2004/7/269 |
| Popis: | Transforaminal epidural steroid injections are provided frequently for patients with lumbar radiculopathy, having demonstrated efficacy and safety. We present a patient who developed methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus epidural abscess 11 days after a transforaminal epidural steroid injection. The abscess required surgical intervention and intravenous vancomycin. Fortunately, the patient made a full recovery, and continues to do well one year later. The incidence, etiology and treatment of epidural injection-related infections are reviewed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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