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ArticleInfection and drug resistance2025

Inferior Vena Cava Septic Thrombophlebitis: A Severe Complication of Paraspinal Steroid Injection Leading to Methicillin-Resistant

Shuo-Wen Liang, Ning-Chi Wang, Yung-Chih Wang

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Article in Infection and drug resistance, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Shuo-Wen LiangDivision of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0003-2865-5757
Ning-Chi WangDivision of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Yung-Chih WangDivision of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-8491-8972

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Paraspinal steroid injections, while widely employed for the treatment of back pain, carry risks of serious complications including infection. We describe a 54-year-old immunocompetent woman who developed a disseminated methicillin-resistant

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corticosteroid injectionmeningoencephalitisseptic thrombophlebitisspinal epidural abscessStaphylococcus aureus

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PMID40861786
PMCPMC12372810

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