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ArticleCase reports in infectious diseases2025

Beyond Enteric Infections: A Case of

Ijeoma Ikedum, Mexan Mapouka, Folasade Arinze

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Article in Case reports in infectious diseases, 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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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Ijeoma IkedumInternal Medicine Department, Graduate Medical Education, WellStar Kennestone Regional Medical Center, Marietta, Georgia, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0008-3244-7866
Mexan MapoukaInternal Medicine Department, Graduate Medical Education, University of Maryland Capital Region Health, Largo, Maryland, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7555-1622
Folasade ArinzeInternal Medicine Department, Graduate Medical Education, WellStar Kennestone Regional Medical Center, Marietta, Georgia, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6623-8762

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spinal epidural abscess (SEA) is a serious but rare condition that is often challenging to diagnose early due to atypical presentations, especially in patients without common risk factors such as immunosuppression or sickle cell disease. This case report describes a 49-year-old woman with a history of alcohol use disorder who presented with flank pain and other nonspecific symptoms, initially misdiagnosed as musculoskeletal pain. MRI eventually revealed a SEA caused by nontyphoidal

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discitisepidural abscessSalmonellavertebral abscessvertebral osteomyelitis

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PMID41322055
PMCPMC12660633

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