title: Lumbar osteomyelitis and epidural and paraspinous abscesses. Case report of an unusual source of contamination from a gunshot wound to the abdomen.
authors.affiliation: Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine.
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Hales
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Duffy
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Dawson
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Delamarter
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000150:complications; D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D004378:Duodenal Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007403:Intervertebral Disc; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications*