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Spinal epidural abscess is the most common type of [[epidural abscess]]. Prevalence is greatest between the fifth and seventh decades of life with a male predominance | Spinal epidural abscess is the most common type of [[epidural abscess]]. Prevalence is greatest between the fifth and seventh decades of life, with a male predominance.<ref name="pmid3589332">{{cite journal |vauthors=Danner RL, Hartman BJ |title=Update on spinal epidural abscess: 35 cases and review of the literature |journal=Rev. Infect. Dis. |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=265–74 |year=1987 |pmid=3589332 |doi= |url= |accessdate=2015-11-09}}</ref><ref name="pmid1359381">{{cite journal| author=Darouiche RO, Hamill RJ, Greenberg SB, Weathers SW, Musher DM| title=Bacterial spinal epidural abscess. Review of 43 cases and literature survey. | journal=Medicine (Baltimore) | year= 1992 | volume= 71 | issue= 6 | pages= 369-85 | pmid=1359381 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=1359381 }} </ref> Spinal epidural abscess is rare, accounting for 2.5 to 3 cases per 10,000 hospital admissions per year.<ref name="pmid10229519">{{cite journal |vauthors=Sampath P, Rigamonti D |title=Spinal epidural abscess: a review of epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment |journal=J Spinal Disord |volume=12 |issue=2 |pages=89–93 |year=1999 |pmid=10229519 |doi= |url= |accessdate=2015-11-09}}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
An epidural abscess is a rare suppurative infection of the central nervous system, a collection of pus localized in the epidural space, lying outside the dura mater, which accounts for less than 2% of focal central nervous system infections.[1] Spinal epidural abscess is rare, accounting for 2.5 to 3 cases per 10,000 hospital admissions per year.[2] Estimates of the incidence after central nerve block vary from 1 per 1,000 hospital admissions to 1 per 100,000 hospital admissions.[3] Prevalence is greatest between the fifth and seventh decades of life.[4]
Epidemiology And Demographics
Intracranial Epidural Abscess
Intracranial epidural abscess is the more rare type of epidural abscess, accounting for 1 out of 10 cases of the disease. However, it is the 3rd most common focal intracranial infection, following brain abscess and subdural empyema. Today it occurs most often following neurosurgical procedures and in IV drug users. Approximately 2% of patients with sinusitis developed some kind intracranial epidural abscess as a complication.[5]
Spinal Epidural Abscess
Spinal epidural abscess is the most common type of epidural abscess. Prevalence is greatest between the fifth and seventh decades of life, with a male predominance.[4][6] Spinal epidural abscess is rare, accounting for 2.5 to 3 cases per 10,000 hospital admissions per year.[2]
References
- ↑ Longo, Dan L. (Dan Louis) (2012). Harrison's principles of internal medicine. New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-174889-6.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sampath P, Rigamonti D (1999). "Spinal epidural abscess: a review of epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment". J Spinal Disord. 12 (2): 89–93. PMID 10229519.
|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ↑ Grewal S, Hocking G, Wildsmith JA (2006). "Epidural abscesses". Br J Anaesth. 96 (3): 292–302. doi:10.1093/bja/ael006. PMID 16431882.
|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 Danner RL, Hartman BJ (1987). "Update on spinal epidural abscess: 35 cases and review of the literature". Rev. Infect. Dis. 9 (2): 265–74. PMID 3589332.
|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ↑ Gallagher RM, Gross CW, Phillips CD (1998). "Suppurative intracranial complications of sinusitis". Laryngoscope. 108 (11 Pt 1): 1635–42. PMID 9818818.
- ↑ Darouiche RO, Hamill RJ, Greenberg SB, Weathers SW, Musher DM (1992). "Bacterial spinal epidural abscess. Review of 43 cases and literature survey". Medicine (Baltimore). 71 (6): 369–85. PMID 1359381.