BrainWaves # 7 Infectious causes of myelopathy

MedLink Neurology Podcast is delighted to feature selected episodes from BrainWaves, courtesy of James E Siegler MD, its originator and host. BrainWaves is an academic audio podcast whose mission is to educate medical providers through clinical cases and topical reviews in neurology, medicine, and the humanities, and episodes originally aired from 2016 to 2021.

Originally released: July 18, 2017

In this BrainWaves brief, we review the major infections of the spinal cord with anatomic localization of disease and clinical management. BrainWaves podcasts and online content are intended for medical education only and should not be used to guide medical decision-making in routine clinical practice. Any cases discussed in this episode are fictional and do not contain any patient health-identifying information. This episode was vetted and approved by Colin Quinn.

REFERENCES

Cho TA, Vaitkevicius H. Infectious myelopathies. Continuum (Minneap Minn) 2012;18(6 Infectious Disease):1351-73. PMID 23221845

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