ACUTE STREPTOCOCCUS-SALIVARIUS MENINGITIS FOLLOWING SPINAL-ANESTHESIA

Authors
KAISER E SUPPINI A DEJAUREGUIBERRY JP PARIS JF QUINOT JF
Citation
E. Kaiser et al., ACUTE STREPTOCOCCUS-SALIVARIUS MENINGITIS FOLLOWING SPINAL-ANESTHESIA, Annales francaises d'anesthesie et de reanimation, 16(1), 1997, pp. 47-49
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Anesthesiology
Journal title
Annales francaises d'anesthesie et de reanimation → ACNP
ISSN journal
07507658
Volume
16
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
47 - 49
Database
ISI
SICI code
0750-7658(1997)16:1<47:ASMFS>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
The case of a 50-year-old woman who experienced an acute Streptococcus salivarius meningitis after a spinal anaesthesia for hysteroscopy is reported. The contamination of the cerebrospinal fluid may occur from a puncture during a bacteriaemia. Contamination from the patient's ski n and from the upper airway's flora of the operator seems to be a more plausible cause. Spinal anaesthesia is contra-indicated in the febril e patient. Asepsis is essential during spinal puncture, including wear ing a surgical face mask.