title: An unusual presentation of meningitis as a consequence of inadvertent dural puncture.
abstract: Bacterial meningitis and aseptic meningitis have been reported as a consequence of spinal anaesthesia. The case we report is of an unusual presentation of meningitis, for which no cause was found, in a patient who received epidural anaesthesia, complicated by dural puncture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, Odstock Hospital, Salisbury, UK.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Sansome
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Barnes
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Barrett