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Morbidity and Mortality of Spinal Epidural Abscess in End-Stage Renal Disease Patients: A Case-Control Study.

Mark J. Schwade, +9 more
- 01 Apr 2021 - 
- Vol. 361, Iss: 4, pp 485-490
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As the largest study of SEA to date, this report identifies important risk factors for SEA in ESRD patients, and novel data regarding their mortality-associated risk factors.
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This article is published in The American Journal of the Medical Sciences.The article was published on 2021-04-01. It has received 1 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: End stage renal disease & Odds ratio.

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Escalation of antimicrobial resistance among MRSA part 2: focus on infections and treatment

Joseph P. Lynch, +1 more
- 05 Dec 2022 - 
TL;DR: A literature search of MRSA was performed via PubMed (up to September 2022), using the keywords: antimicrobial resistance; β-lactams; multidrug resistance, Staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin; glycolipopeptides as mentioned in this paper .
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Spinal epidural abscess: a meta-analysis of 915 patients.

E. Reihsaus, +2 more
- 01 Dec 2000 - 
TL;DR: The prognosis of patients who develop SEA following epidural anesthesia or analgesia is not better than that of patients with noniatrogenic SEA, and the mortality rate is also comparable, which means that Conservative treatment alone is justifiable only for specific indications.
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Spinal Epidural Abscess

Rabih O. Darouiche
- 09 Nov 2006 - 
TL;DR: The diagnostic and therapeutic challenges of epidural abscesses are explained and how to avoid spinal cord infarction is explained.
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Clinical practice. Vertebral osteomyelitis.

Werner Zimmerli
- 18 Mar 2010 - 
TL;DR: Urine and blood cultures reveal multidrug-resistant, extendedspectrum β-lactamase–producing Escherichia coli susceptible to imipenem.
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Spinal epidural abscess: a ten-year perspective.

Mary Louise Hlavin, +3 more
- 01 Aug 1990 - 
TL;DR: A retrospective study of spinal epidural abscess spanning 10 years and encompassing 40 patients was done, finding magnetic resonance imaging to be equally as sensitive as myelography with computed tomography and able to delineate other entities makes it the imaging modality of choice.
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Vascular access and increased risk of death among hemodialysis patients

Stephen O. Pastan, +2 more
- 01 Aug 2002 - 
TL;DR: Venous catheters are associated with an increased risk of all-cause and infection-related mortality among hemodialysis patients.