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CASE REPORT

Acute Spinal Epidural Abscess of the Cervical Spine Caused by Streptococcus constellatus Leads to Paraplegia in an Adult: A Case Report

Wen Zhang1 Department of Spine Surgery, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, People’s Republic of China;2 Department of spine surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Yudong Lai2 Department of spine surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Tao Li2 Department of spine surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Xingpeng Wang2 Department of spine surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, People’s Republic of ChinaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9629-6410View further author information
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Weidong Mu3 Department of Traumatic Orthopaedics, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, People’s Republic of China;4 Department of Traumatic Orthopaedics, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Zhensong Jiang2 Department of spine surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Pages 1591-1598 | Received 19 Jan 2023, Accepted 11 Mar 2023, Published online: 18 Mar 2023

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