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SPINAL MENINGITIS Spinal meningitis is infection of the spinal cord, leptomeninges, and subarachnoid space by various pathogens. It is also called infectious arachnoiditis. Epidemiology The incidence of bacterial meningitis is 2 to 3 per 100,000. It occurs most commonly in…

Spinal infection frequently injures the vertebral bodies, intervertebral discs, paraspinal soft tissues, epidural space, meninges, and spinal cord. Clinically, it is notoriously difficult to differentiate spinal infection from degenerative processes, noninfective inflammatory disorders, and spinal neoplasms. Spinal infections are a…