(2000), of the 738 patients with SEA, 35% presented with thoracic epidural abscess, 30% had lumbar or lumbosacral abscesses, and 19% had cervical epidural abscess. This finding may be attributed ...

Patients who do not have neurological deficits upon diagnosis and whose microbiological pathogen is identified through blood cultures, percutaneous aspiration, or culture of epidural catheters ...