A case of thoracic actinomycosis presenting as sudden paraplegia

Rev Neurol (Paris). 2019 Jan-Feb;175(1-2):89-92. doi: 10.1016/j.neurol.2018.01.380. Epub 2018 Oct 8.

Authors

N Peiffer-Smadja¹, S Harent², C Messeca², E Lechapt-Zalcman³, Y Yazdanpanah⁴, V Joly²

Affiliations

¹ Hôpital Bichat-Claude-Bernard, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 75877 Paris, France; Inserm, IAME, UMR 1137, université Paris Diderot, 75870 Paris, France. Electronic address: nathan.psmadja@gmail.com.
² Hôpital Bichat-Claude-Bernard, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 75877 Paris, France.
³ Centre Hospitalier Saint-Anne, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 75014 Paris, France.
⁴ Hôpital Bichat-Claude-Bernard, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 75877 Paris, France; Inserm, IAME, UMR 1137, université Paris Diderot, 75870 Paris, France.

PMID: 30309660
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurol.2018.01.380

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Actinomycosis / complications
Actinomycosis / diagnosis*
Acute Disease
Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans / isolation & purification
Diagnosis, Differential
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / complications
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / diagnosis
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Paraplegia / diagnosis*
Paraplegia / etiology*
Paraplegia / microbiology
Pasteurellaceae Infections / complications
Pasteurellaceae Infections / diagnosis
Propionibacterium acnes / isolation & purification
Spinal Cord Compression / complications*
Spinal Cord Compression / diagnosis*
Spinal Cord Compression / microbiology
Thoracic Diseases / complications
Thoracic Diseases / diagnosis*
Thoracic Diseases / microbiology
Thoracic Vertebrae