Spinal epidural abscess (SEA) is a serious infection of the central nervous system that typically presents with midline back pain, fever and neurological deficits. We report a rare case of an ...

Antibiotic therapy should be initiated as soon as the diagnosis of SEA is confirmed. Treating patients with antibiotics alone is a major advance in managing SEA. Rigamonti et al. (1999) recommended ...

A 47 year-old man developed mid-back pain followed by numbness and weakness of both legs over the next two weeks, associated with urinary incontinence. He had been treated for Staphylococcus aureus ...

Overall SEA mortality during the past two decades has been reported at 13% to 15% (Reihsaus et al., 2000). Factors that affect outcomes and prognosis are age, level of neurological impairment on ...