A Rare Case of Septic Arthritis of Lumbar Facet Joint with Epidural Abscess, and Bacterial Meningitis Caused by Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus

A Rare Case of Septic Arthritis of Lumbar Facet Joint with Epidural Abscess, and Bacterial Meningitis Caused by Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus

Septic arthritis of the facet joint is an extremely rare condition, even more in young immunocompetent patients. There have been approximately only 40 cases of this entity reported worldwide. Here, the authors present a 16-year-old male patient with lower back pain, fever, and cephalea. Blood cultur...

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Main Authors: Miguel Maldonado-Morán, Juan M. Muñoz, Javier I. Matta, Victor M. Arrieta, Oscar P. Bernal, Jairo M. Mejía
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2018-08-01
Series:Indian Journal of Neurosurgery
Subjects:
septic arthritis
facet joint
epidural abscess
meningitis
staphylococcus aureus
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0038-1667285
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