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  • Title: Presumed Group B Streptococcal Meningitis After Epidural Blood Patch.
    Author: Beilin Y, Spitzer Y.
    Journal: A A Case Rep; 2015 Jun 15; 4(12):163-5. PubMed ID: 26050248.
    Abstract:
    Bacterial meningitis after epidural catheter placement is rare. We describe a case in which a parturient received labor epidural analgesia for vaginal delivery complicated by dural puncture. The patient developed postdural puncture headache and underwent 2 separate epidural blood patch procedures. She subsequently developed a headache with fever and focal neurologic deficits. She was treated with broad spectrum antibiotics for presumed meningitis, and she made a full recovery. Blood cultures subsequently grew group B streptococcus.
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