title: Cervical spine epidural abscess in a patient with no predisposing risk factors.
abstract: We report a case of cervical spine epidural abscess in a 50-year-old man with a 4-day history of neck pain but no neurologic deficits or fever. The patient had no predisposing risk factors such as recent spinal surgery, trauma, instrumentation, distal site of infection, immunosuppression, diabetes, or i.v. drug abuse. A review of the literature follows.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine University of California, San Diego, Medical Center 92103-8676, USA.
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Vilke
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Honingford
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D016972:Enterobacter cloacae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D004824:Epidural Space; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017703:Retropharyngeal Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis