Urethral catheter: a pain in the neck!
Long-term urinary catheterization is well recognized in the literature as being associated with significant morbidity and mortality. We present a rare and previously unreported complication of a cervical spine abscess resulting from methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus septicaemia originating from the urinary tract in a patient with a urinary catheter.
Department of Urology, Harold Wood Hospital, Romford, UK. Junaido@aol.com
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D000038:Abscess / Q000209:etiology*; D000368:Aged; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology*; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000209:etiology