Bouhemad B, Dounas M, Mercier F J, Benhamou D
Département d'Anesthésie-Réanimation, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart, France.
Anaesthesia. 1998 Mar;53(3):292-5. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1998.00282.x.
We report a case of Streptococcus salivarius meningitis following combined spinal-epidural analgesia for labour. Although rare, bacterial meningitis following combined spinal-epidural anaesthesia is being increasingly described. We review the previously reported cases and discuss the possible aetiological causes and the aseptic precautions likely to reduce the incidence of infectious complications.