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Diagnostics, Management, and Outcomes in Patients with Pyogenic Spinal Intra- or Epidural Abscess.

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Spinal intradural abscess (SIA) patients present with worse neurological deficits and higher mortality than spinal epidural abscess (SEA) patients. Our findings highlight distinct clinical phenotypes and outcomes, emphasizing the severe course of SIA.

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  • Neurosurgery
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Clinical Neurology

Background:

  • Limited evidence exists on the diagnostics, clinical course, treatment, and outcomes of spinal intradural abscess (SIA) and spinal epidural abscess (SEA).
  • Retrospective analysis is crucial for understanding these rare spinal infections.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare the phenotyping, clinical course, and outcomes of patients with SIA and SEA.
  • To identify distinct characteristics and differences between these two types of spinal abscesses.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective analysis of electronic medical records for 78 patients with SIA and SEA over 20 years.
  • Comparison of clinical presentation, diagnostic findings, treatment, and outcomes between SIA and SEA cohorts.

Main Results:

  • SIA patients exhibited worse admission motor scores, more ataxic gait, and frequent bladder/bowel dysfunction compared to SEA patients.
  • SIA patients had higher rates of sepsis, septic embolism, meningism, ventriculitis/cerebral abscesses, and pneumonia.
  • Despite improvement, SIA patients had poorer discharge motor scores, higher mortality, and required longer treatment and hospitalization.

Conclusions:

  • Spinal intradural abscess (SIA) and spinal epidural abscess (SEA) exhibit distinct clinical phenotypes and prognoses.
  • SIA is associated with a significantly less favorable disease course, increased complications, and poorer outcomes compared to SEA.