(2000), of the 738 patients with SEA, 35% presented with thoracic epidural abscess, 30% had lumbar or lumbosacral abscesses, and 19% had cervical epidural abscess. This finding may be attributed ...
Bacterial cultures obtained from blood, percutaneous aspiration of abscess, or both should be ... Blood cultures or cultures from epidural catheters identified the causative organism for all ...