Meningitis following spinal anesthesia: 6 Cases in 5 years

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1187-1190

  Rubin, Lisa ^a,b   Sprecher, Hannah ^c   Kabaha, Ahmed ^a   Weber, Gabriel ^d,e   Teitler, Nava ^f   Rishpon, Shmuel ^a,b  

^a Haifa District Health Office   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^f HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; CEFTRIAXONE; MEROPENEM; RNA 16S; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFUSION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NAUSEA; NECK; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS; VOMITING;

ADULT; AEROSOLS; AGED; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASKS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 35348851912     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520748     Document Type: Article

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