Community‐Acquired Serratia Marcescens Spinal Epidural Abscess in a Patient Without Risk Factors: Case Report and Review | Zendy

Michael D. Parkins | Zendy; Daniel B. Gregson | Zendy

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Community‐Acquired Serratia Marcescens Spinal Epidural Abscess in a Patient Without Risk Factors: Case Report and Review

Author(s) -

Michael D. Parkins,

Daniel B. Gregson

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

canadian journal of infectious diseases and medical microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.634

H-Index - 38

eISSN - 1918-1493

pISSN - 1712-9532

DOI - 10.1155/2008/210951

Subject(s) - serratia marcescens , medicine , spinal epidural abscess , epidural abscess , disease , abscess , diabetes mellitus , cauda equina syndrome , lumbar puncture , lumbar , surgery , intensive care medicine , cerebrospinal fluid , biochemistry , chemistry , escherichia coli , gene , endocrinology

Serratia marcescens has rarely been reported as an agent of invasive disease in patients presenting from the community. Furthermore, S marcescens is frequently opportunistic, affecting individuals with serious medical comorbidities including immune suppression and diabetes. A case of a community-acquired S marcescens spontaneous lumbar epidural abscess presenting as cauda equina syndrome is reported in a previously well 36-year-old man with no identifiable risk factors. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of invasive S marcescens causing disease in a patient with no medical comorbidities.

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