Hernández-Palazón Joaquín, Puertas-García J Pablo, Martínez-Lage Juan F, Tortosa José A
Departments of *Anesthesia, †Orthopedic Surgery, and ‡Neurosurgery, Hospital Universitario "Virgen de la Arrixaca," Murcia, Spain.
Anesth Analg. 2003 May;96(5):1486-1488. doi: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000055819.35383.D3.
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.
