Sudden paraplegia due to an anterior spinal artery syndrome during the course of Staphylococcus aureus septicemia

Cerebrovasc Dis. 2007;24(2-3):307-9. doi: 10.1159/000106514. Epub 2007 Aug 3.

Authors

Olivier Pantet¹, Rolf Frischknecht, Alexandre Croquelois

Affiliation

¹ Unité Universitaire de Neuroréhabilitation, Service de Rhumatologie, Médecine Physique et Réhabilitation, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland.

PMID: 17675832
DOI: 10.1159/000106514

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anterior Spinal Artery Syndrome / complications*
Anterior Spinal Artery Syndrome / microbiology
Anterior Spinal Artery Syndrome / pathology
Anterior Spinal Artery Syndrome / therapy
Anti-Infective Agents / therapeutic use
Combined Modality Therapy
Decompression, Surgical
Drainage
Epidural Abscess / complications*
Epidural Abscess / microbiology
Epidural Abscess / pathology
Epidural Abscess / therapy
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Middle Aged
Paraplegia / microbiology*
Paraplegia / pathology
Paraplegia / therapy
Sepsis / complications*
Sepsis / microbiology
Sepsis / pathology
Sepsis / therapy
Spinal Cord Compression / complications*
Spinal Cord Compression / microbiology
Spinal Cord Compression / pathology
Spinal Cord Compression / therapy
Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Anti-Infective Agents