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- Jon M Dickson, Daniel J Warren, Ann L N Chapman, Unni Anoop, Haleema Hayat, and Debapriya Bhattacharya.
- SHO (GP VTS1), Health Care of the Elderly, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, UK. jon.dickson@thejce.com
- BMJ Case Rep. 2010 Jan 1;2010.
AbstractA 52-year-old lady was admitted with back pain, fever and reduced sensation in her left leg. Soon after admission she developed acute urinary retention. She underwent urgent MRI of the spine which showed an epidural abscess compressing the thecal sac which was treated with neurosurgical decompression and intravenous/oral antibiotics. Cultures from theatre grew Staphylococcus aureus sensitive to flucloxacillin. After 12 weeks of intravenous/oral antibiotics, she was discharged without any neurological disability.
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