title: [Four cases of bacterial meningitis after epidural anesthesia].
abstract: Four patients with bacterial meningitis, previously anaesthetized epidurally, have been described. In one case the course of the disease was very serious and resulted in irreversible neurological lesion. Although epidural anaesthesia is considered to be a harmless procedure it can cause some purulent complications.
authors.affiliation: Katedry i Kliniki Chorób Zakaźnych, Colegium Medicum, Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, Krakowie.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Garlicki
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Caban
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Krukowiecki
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kluba-Wojewoda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000209:etiology*
vernacular_title: Cztery przypadki ropnego zapalenia opon mózgowo-rdzeniowych w nastepstwie znieczulenia zewnatrzoponowego.