… -year-old male with a past medical history of chronic back pain and IV drug abuse who presented
with acute back pain … , skin infection, urinary tract infection, or recent fever [9–11]. In the …

… IV drug abuse, which likely explains the male predominance of cases. Most patients are
older than age 50 years, but as seen in our case, epidural abscesses can occur at any …

… patient denied intravenous drug use, fevers, chills, … from the epidural to the subdural space.
The most common signs and symptoms of spinal subdural abscess include fever, back pain, …

… addict had an acute onset of severe neck pain with chills and fever. There was no … with
fluids intravenously and gastric suction. Four days later the abdominal pain subsided, …

… virus, intravenous drug abuse, and previous history of spinal … back pain or radicular pain
such as chest pain or abdominal … back pain (71%), fever (66%), and paralysis (34%) in later …

… use of spinal epidural anesthesia; intravenous drug abuse, al… Our patient presented with
back pain and fever, which are … BJ: Update on spinal epidural abscess: 35 cases and review …

… drug abuse in such patients ranged from none of 591 to 19 of 54 patients.3 Parenteral drug
use … and ticarcillin disodium given via a Hickman catheter, the patient had no pain, fever, …

… placement of SCS and later developed worsening back pain, weakness, and fever after a
mechanical fall … Intravenous drug use makes one more susceptible to osteomyelitis due to the …

… deficits or fever. The … spinal surgery, recent trauma or instrumentation, immunosuppression
(diabetes, cirrhosis, AIDS, long-term steroid use), distal site of infection, and IV drug abuse.2, …

… One day after admission, he developed fever and admitted to intravenous drug use. …
increased back pain after minimal trauma. We present a spondylitic patient with a history of …