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Title: Urethral catheter: a pain in the neck! Author: Masood J, Shah N, Lane T, Barua JM. Journal: Urol Int; 2003; 70(4):330-1. PubMed ID: 12740502. Abstract: Long-term urinary catheterization is well recognized in the literature as being associated with significant morbidity and mortality. We present a rare and previously unreported complication of a cervical spine abscess resulting from methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus septicaemia originating from the urinary tract in a patient with a urinary catheter.[Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]