Epidural abscess risk factors

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: João André Alves Silva, M.D. [2]

Risk Factors

Despite sharing some risk factors, the two types of epidural abscesses have some particularities:

Intracranial Epidural Abscess

• Sinusitis, otitis, mastoiditis
• Trauma
• Neurosurgical procedures
• Exposure to expanded polytetrafluethylene
• Scalp venous catheters in infants

Spinal Epidural Abscess

• Diabetes mellitus
• Trauma
• HIV infection
• Bacteremia
• IV drug abuse
• Tattooing
• Acupuncture
• Alcoholism
• Continuous bone infection
• Continuous soft tissue infection