AN EPIDURAL ABSCESS DUE TO RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS FOLLOWING EPIDURAL CATHETERIZATION

Authors
YUSTE M CANET J GARCIA M GIL MA VIDAL F
Citation
M. Yuste et al., AN EPIDURAL ABSCESS DUE TO RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS FOLLOWING EPIDURAL CATHETERIZATION, Anaesthesia, 52(2), 1997, pp. 163-165
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Anesthesiology
Journal title
Anaesthesia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00032409
Volume
52
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
163 - 165
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-2409(1997)52:2<163:AEADTR>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
We report a case of abscess formation after epidural analgesia, a rare complication that developed in our patient 13 days after placement of a thoracic epidural catheter for patient controlled analgesia. Cultur e of the pus grew methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Althoug h early diagnosis and rapid management have been reported to yield a s atisfactory outcome, the case we describe ended in severe sequelae.