CASE-REPORT OF SPINAL EPIDURAL ABSCESS CAUSED BY HAEMOPHILUS-PARAPHROPHILUS

Authors
SCERPELLA EG WU S OEFINGER PE
Citation
Eg. Scerpella et al., CASE-REPORT OF SPINAL EPIDURAL ABSCESS CAUSED BY HAEMOPHILUS-PARAPHROPHILUS, Journal of clinical microbiology, 32(2), 1994, pp. 563-564
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
32
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
563 - 564
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1994)32:2<563:COSEAC>2.0.ZU;2-T
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.