Author/Authors :
Ewees, Bahaa Ain Shams University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive care, and Pain Management, Egypt , El-Shaer, Ahmed Ain Shams University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive care, and Pain Management, Egypt , Hamdi, Mohammed Ain Shams University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive care, and Pain Management, Egypt
Abstract :
However rare, the iatrogenic bacterial meningitis is a serious complication of spinal and epidural anesthesia performed for surgical procedures. The mortality rate is high 1; even those patients who recover from the acute phase of the disease would suffer from persistent complications such as neurological disorders. Infection can be transmitted to the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in such cases in two main manners. The first is caused by the inobservance of aseptic techniques which lets the external infectious agents enter the CSF. The second comes into existence when there are bacteria in the patient’s blood at the time of lumbar puncture (bacteremia). Here we report a case of meningitis developing a number of hours after a spinal block for vaginal delivery.
