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cord-264647-9r443j3l	Talamonti, G.	Spinal epidural abscess in COVID-19 patients	2020-09-10		.txt	text/plain	2920	192	49	OBJECTIVE: To report the peculiarity of spinal epidural abscess in COVID-19 patients, as we have observed an unusually high number of these patients following the outbreak of SARS-Corona Virus-2. METHODS: We reviewed the clinical documentation of six consecutive COVID-19 patients with primary spinal epidural abscess that we surgically managed over a 2-month period. A primary abscess represents the rarest form of spinal epidural abscess, which is usually secondary to invasive procedures or spread from adjacent infective sites, such as spondylodiscitis, generally occurring in patients with diabetes, obesity, cancer, or other chronic diseases. To our knowledge, cases of spinal epidural abscess in COVID-19 patients have not been reported to date. During the last three months, six patients with SARS-Corona Virus-2 (SARS-COV-2) were referred to us for acute spinal cord syndrome due to primary spinal epidural abscess (SEA) [1] .	./cache/cord-264647-9r443j3l.txt	./txt/cord-264647-9r443j3l.txt