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The dog responded well to decompressive surgery and medical therapy consisting of antibiotics, pain medication, and nursing care. In the veterinary literature, only two studies of spinal epidural empyema in the dog have been reported. Of these dogs, one had successful decompressive surgery performed. The other dogs in these two reports were euthanized. The dog presented in this report fully recovered. Spinal epidural empyema should be considered as a differential diagnosis in dogs presenting with a fever and a rapidly progressing myelopathy.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.5326\/0380149","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,9,15]],"date-time":"2014-09-15T12:24:05Z","timestamp":1410783845000},"page":"149-151","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":25,"title":["Suspected Paraspinal Abscess and Spinal Epidural Empyema in a Dog"],"prefix":"10.5326","volume":"38","author":[{"given":"Karen L.","family":"Cherrone","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"The Animal Medical Center, 510 East 62nd Street, New York, New York 10021"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Christopher S.","family":"Eich","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Animal Medical Center, 510 East 62nd Street, New York, New York 10021"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jennifer J.","family":"Bonzynski","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Animal Medical Center, 510 East 62nd Street, New York, New York 10021"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"3280","reference":[{"key":"R1","series-title":"J Am Anim Hosp Assoc","first-page":"305","volume":"34","year":"1998","unstructured":"Dewey CW, Kortz GD, Bailey CS. 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