We present a case of a posterior epidural abscess at the thoracic vertebral level causing paraparesia in a young, healthy individual with no otherwise predisposing factors, with normal laboratory findings, as diagnosed using fat-suppressed MR imaging. Spinal epidural abscess is a rare condition, encountered mostly in the midthoracic or lower lumbar vertebral levels of elderly patients, that has...

A 55-year-old man without a significant past medical history presented to an emergency department with the symptoms of right neck pain for 2 weeks and high-grade fever up to 38 °C for 10 days, followed by acute onset of dyspnea on exertion. On admission, computed tomography (CT) scan with contrast revealed a 4cm-diameter of retropharyngeal abscess (Fig. 1A), right internal jugular vein thrombos...

N pyogenic spinal osteomyelitis compromise only 2-4% of all cases of osteomyelitis. The incidence is estimated at 1:250,000 per year in the general population. Cervical involvement is observed in less than 10% of the cases of spinal osteomyelitis. Pyogenic spinal osteomyelitis is usually caused by gram positive pyogens like Staphylococci and Streptococci species. They are usually seen in immuno...

Daptomycin, a novel cyclic lipopeptide antibiotic, exhibits rapid bactericidal activity in vitro against most clinically relevant gram-positive organisms, including drug-resistant pathogens. Herein we describe a patient in whom methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with reduced susceptibility to daptomycin was responsible for bacteremia and progressive vertebral osteomyelitis during dapto...

Retropharyngeal abscess is less frequently seen now as compared to few years ago , yet we have come across this case of a retropharyngeal abscess.All the clinical features suggested a child with meningitis but later on after investigating throughly he was found out to be having a retropharyngeal abcess. Hence, this attempt to report and record a case of retropharyngeal abscess secondary to vert...

Pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis (PVO) may result in neurological deficits and sequelae, so early diagnosis and appropriate treatment are critical. Many previous studies on PVO exist, but our paper has aimed to comprehensively summarize the clinical aspects of PVO. Through review of the vast literature on the clinical research of PVO an overview of the clinical characteristics, diagnostic metho...