@Article{,
AUTHOR = {A. L. Aguilar-Shea, A. M. Molino-González, C. Gallardo-Mayo,
J. M. Pedradas-Navas},
TITLE = {Is prostatic biopsy as safe as we think? Epidural abscess following prostatic biopsy},
JOURNAL = {Canadian Journal of Urology},
VOLUME = {15},
YEAR = {2008},
NUMBER = {4},
PAGES = {4188--4190},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/CJU/v15n4/62277},
ISSN = {1488-5581},
ABSTRACT = {Spinal epidural abscess is an infectious disorder with high 
morbidity and mortality rates, which is often associated 
with delayed diagnosis. We report a case of a 73-year-old 
man with cervical pyogenic spondylodiscitis complicated 
with epidural abscess following a prostatic biopsy. Clinical 
presentation included fever, malaise, neck rigidity in all 
axes, minor paresis of the right arm, and gait ataxia. A 
cervical vertebral magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) 
scan showed pyogenic spondylodiscitis with an epidural 
abscess. Blood, urine, and cerebrospinal fl uid cultures 
were sterile. The patient was treated with intravenous 
vancomycin, metronidazole, and ceftazidime for 4 weeks, 
and was discharged from the hospital and treated with oral 
cloxacillin, metronidazole, and cefi xime for another 2 weeks. 
His neurological symptoms disappeared completely, and 
he walked normally, without support. It is important for 
clinicians to be alert to symptoms accompanying back pain 
following a prostatic biopsy and to consider the possibility 
of a diagnosis of spinal abscess.},
DOI = {}
}