REBEL CORE - By Anand Swaminathan - June 25, 2020
"Take Home Points
- Spinal Epidural Abscess may present insidiously and patients often lack the classic triad of fever, back pain and neurologic symptoms
- Empiric Antibiotics should cover Staphylococcus (including MRSA) and Gram negative Bacilli
- All patients with clinical suspicion require rapid evaluation with MRI as the diagnostic study of choice
- Although not all patients will go to the operating room, surgical consult (Neurosurgery or Orthopedics) should be obtained immediately"