IN 1933, Cossio and Berconsky 1 reported a case of coronary occlusion with myocardial infarction in which an abscess was found in the infarcted area at post-mortem examination. As far as we could ...

In May 2007, a 52-year-old man with post-traumatic paraplegia sub-L2 (ASIA D) presented to our emergency room with fever and suprapubic pain since 3 days. Because of a neurogenic bladder dysfunction, ...

Bacteria reach the epidural space through either hematogenous dissemination (commonly due to bloodstream infection associated with a central venous catheter, intravenous drug use, or catheter-related ...

A peritonsillar abscess forms in the tissues of the throat next to one of the tonsils. An abscess is a collection of pus that forms near an area of infected skin or other soft tissue. The abscess can ...