Treatment of Spinal Epidural Abscess With Limited Decompression.

3 The most common pathogen to cause spinal epidural abscess is Staphylococcus aureus , with an increasing trend toward infection by methicillin-resistant S aureus (MRSA). 3 , 4 , 7 - 9 , 13 , 16 Patients with MRSA infection have been shown to have a worse prognosis and increased failure of nonoperative treatment compared to patients infected with other pathogens. 13 , 16 , 17 In a study of 101 patients with

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