Epidural abscess risk factors

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: João André Alves Silva, M.D. [2]; Anthony Gallo, B.S. [3]

Overview

Common risk factors in the development of intracranial epidural abscess include trauma, neurosurgical procedures, and infections such as sinusitis, otitis, and mastoiditis. Common risk factors for the development of spinal epidural abscess include diabetes mellitus, trauma, and bacteremia.^[1]

Risk Factors

Common risk factors in the development of intracranial epidural abscess include:^[1]^[2]^[3]

Common risk factors in the development of spinal epidural abscess include:^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Fountas KN, Duwayri Y, Kapsalaki E, Dimopoulos VG, Johnston KW, Peppard SB; et al. (2004). “Epidural intracranial abscess as a complication of frontal sinusitis: case report and review of the literature”. South Med J. 97 (3): 279–82, quiz 283. PMID 15043336.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Reihsaus E, Waldbaur H, Seeling W (2000). “Spinal epidural abscess: a meta-analysis of 915 patients”. Neurosurg Rev. 23 (4): 175–204, discussion 205. PMID 11153548. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

Overview