Abstract
A 57-year-old man presented to the emergency room with neck back pain for about 2 months, unresponsive to nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs and progressive course of upper and lower extremity weakness with no sphincter dysfunction..
Highlights
A 57-year-old man presented to the emergency room with neck back pain for about 2 months, unresponsive to nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs and progressive course of upper and lower extremity weakness with no sphincter dysfunction
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Summary
Concomitant Cervical Spine Infection with Mycobacterium Tuberculosis and Pyogenic Bacteria Causing Spinal Cord A 57-year-old man presented to the emergency room with neck back pain for about 2 months, unresponsive to nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs and progressive course of upper and lower extremity weakness with no sphincter dysfunction. The patient had no predisposing risk factors such as recent spinal surgery, trauma, instrumentation, distal site of infection, immunosuppression, diabetes. Physical examination showed marked mid neck tenderness, no palpable masses were felt, no lymph nodes were felt.
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