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. 1994 Feb;32(2):563–564. doi: 10.1128/jcm.32.2.563-564.1994

Case report of spinal epidural abscess caused by Haemophilus paraphrophilus.

E G Scerpella 1, S Wu 1, P E Oefinger 1
PMCID: PMC263079  PMID: 8150977

Abstract

Haemophilus paraphrophilus was recovered in pure culture from purulent material collected at surgery from a patient presenting with a spinal epidural abscess and a severe neurological deficit. This is the first report of such an occurrence.

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