Proteus mirabilis abscess involving the entire neural axis.
Intramedullary spinal cord abscesses are rare and potentially devastating lesions usually associated with other infective processes such as bacterial endocarditis, or pulmonary or urogenital infection. We describe a 2-year-old girl who presented with an infected dermal sinus leading to an intraspinal abscess. This abscess eventually spread and involved the entire neural axis leaving her quadriparetic. Drainage of the abscess resulted in recovery and the child regained normal function of her limbs. To our knowledge this is the first documented case of an intramedullary abscess involving the entire neural axis.
['Kamat|A S|AS|', 'Thango|N S|NS|', 'Husein|M Ben|MB|']
D000038:Abscess D002675:Child, Preschool D005260:Female D006801:Humans D008161:Lumbosacral Region D011512:Proteus Infections D011513:Proteus mirabilis D016136:Spina Bifida Occulta D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases
Proteus mirabilis Neural axis Intramedullary abscess