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Lumbar spondylodiscitis caused by Propionibacterium acnes after epidural obstetric analgesia
Joaquín Hernández-Palazón1, J Pablo Puertas-García, Juan F Martínez-Lage
1Departments of *Anesthesia, †Orthopedic Surgery, and ‡Neurosurgery, Hospital Universitario "Virgen de la Arrixaca," Murcia, Spain.
Anesthesia and Analgesia
|April 23, 2003
Abstract
Implications:
We report a case of Propionibacterium acnes spondylodiscitis after the placement of an epidural catheter for obstetric analgesia. This observation should alert the anesthesiologist to the fact that infection, although rare, may occur after uneventful epidural analgesia in the healthy parturient and reinforces the importance of aseptic technique during epidural catheter insertion.