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21308559

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-2-10
pubmed:abstractText
Spinal epidural abscess (SEA) is an uncommon condition that warrants urgent diagnosis and treatment, because early pharmacotherapy significantly improves prognosis and prompt surgical decompression is often necessary to prevent or minimize neurologic complications. Increased awareness is critical; any of the characteristic clinical findings, especially in the presence of risk factors and elevated inflammatory markers, should lead to heightened suspicion for SEAs and its consideration on differential diagnosis, even in the absence of neurologic deficits. A multidisciplinary approach is essential for successful management of SEAs; along with infectious disease specialists and neurosurgeons/orthopedic spine surgeons, primary care, emergency medicine, and internal medicine clinicians are more likely to see patients with SEAs at earlier stages and play a pivotal role in early diagnosis and treatment. A combination of targeted antibiotic therapy and prompt surgical decompression is recommended in most cases, although medical management alone can be effective in select patients under close monitoring.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1534-3146
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
484-91
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Spinal epidural abscess: current diagnosis and management.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Meyer Building, Room 8-161, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA, gpradil2@jhmi.edu.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article