Ploy PattanakitsakulSulak ItsaradisaikulSophida BoonsathornPitak SantanirandNopporn ApiwattanakulFaculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol UniversityUttaradit Hospital2022-08-042022-08-042021-09-22Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. Vol.52, No.5 (2021), 635-64326975718012515622-s2.0-85119913318https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/77849Prevalence of spinal epidural abscess (SEA) in a pediatric population is rare. Diagnosis is difficult because indicative signs may not be present at initial presentation. Here, we describe the first case of SEA in a child caused by Salmonella enterica subsp houtenae. The etiologic organism was identified by a 16S rDNA sequencing method. The patient was successfully treated with multilevel laminotomy with abscess draining and a 6-week course of intravenous cefotaxime.Mahidol UniversityMedicineArticleSCOPUS