EPIDURAL INVOLVEMENT IN NONTUBERCULOUS DISK SPACE INFECTIONS - INCIDENCE BY MAGNETIC-RESONANCE-IMAGING, IMPACT AND PROGNOSIS

Authors
PASCARETTI C LEGRAND E DEGASNE I MASSON C BREGEON C CARON C AUDRAN M
Citation
C. Pascaretti et al., EPIDURAL INVOLVEMENT IN NONTUBERCULOUS DISK SPACE INFECTIONS - INCIDENCE BY MAGNETIC-RESONANCE-IMAGING, IMPACT AND PROGNOSIS, Revue du rhumatisme, 64(10), 1997, pp. 556-561
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Rheumatology
Journal title
Revue du rhumatisme → ACNP
ISSN journal
11698446
Volume
64
Issue
10
Year of publication
1997
Pages
556 - 561
Database
ISI
SICI code
1169-8446(1997)64:10<556:EIINDS>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Eleven of 25 patients admitted for nontuberculous disk space infection s had magnetic resonance imaging evidence of epidural infection, No di fferences were found between the 11 patients with and the 14 patients without epidural infection regarding time to diagnosis, height of feve r, presence of nerve root pain, presence of prespinal and/or paraspina l abscesses and proportion of cases due to Staphylococcus aureus. Anti microbial therapy alone ensured a full recovery with no neurological s equelae in most cases, suggesting that presence of epidural sepsis dog s not affect the prognosis of nontuberculous disk space infections.