title: Three different pathogenic mechanisms for paraparesis in association with bacterial infections.
abstract: Three different pathogenic mechanisms are apparent for paraparesis in association with a bacterial infection: a spinal cord compression caused by either an epidural abscess or a vertebral collapse due to spondylitis, an ischaemic spinal cord lesion as a result of septic thromboembolus in abdominal aorta, and a nonspecific, probably immunological, cause in association with reactive polyarthritis. An example of each of these mechanisms is described by means of case histories.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009187:Myelitis / Q000150:complications; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*