International Journal of Gerontology
Volume 3, Issue 4 , Pages 244-247 , December 2009

Atypical Presentation of Spinal Epidural Abscess—Prolonged and Intractable Abdominal Pain

  • Cheng-Chih Lin

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chang-Pan Liu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chun-Ming Lee

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Chun-Ming Lee, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, 92, Section 2, Chung-Shan North Road, Taipei 104, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Hsiang-Kuang Tseng

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wei-Sheng Wang

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chen-Feng Kuo

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

,Accepted 4 March 2009.

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PII: S1873-9598(10)70008-9

doi: 10.1016/S1873-9598(10)70008-9

International Journal of Gerontology
Volume 3, Issue 4 , Pages 244-247 , December 2009

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