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The authors report a case of a spinal intrathecal empyema caused byActinomyces israelii in a patient who had been diagnosed, four years previously, of a left petrous apex abscess due to an unknown microorganism. The clinical course is outlined and the possibility of both lesions being related is discussed.
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Alday, R., Lopez-Ferro, M.O., Fernandez-Guerrero, M. et al. Spinal intrathecal empyema due to Actinomyces israelii. Acta neurochir 101, 159–162 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01410532
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