Spondylitis Following Epidural Morphine: A Case Report

Wenningsted-Torgard, K.; Heyn, Jens; Willumsen, Lisette

doi:10.1111/j.1399-6576.1982.tb01833.x

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“…Vertebral osteomyelitis and discitis after epidural catheterization are extremely rare. [4][5][6][7][8] To the best of our knowledge, MRSA vertebral osteomyelitis secondary to epidural catheter use has not been reported earlier in the English orthopedic literature.…”

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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Vertebral Osteomyelitis Following Epidural Catheterization: A Case Report and Literature Review

Krishnakumar

Renjitkumar

2012

Global Spine Journal

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Indwelling epidural catheters are frequently used to manage postoperative pain. This report describes a patient who developed methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) vertebral osteomyelitis of the lumbar spine following epidural catheterization. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of MRSA vertebral osteomyelitis secondary to epidural catheter use in the English orthopedic literature. The patient and his family consented to publishing the data.

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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Vertebral Osteomyelitis Following Epidural Catheterization: A Case Report and Literature Review

Krishnakumar

Renjitkumar

2012

Global Spine Journal

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“…Jh. meist Tuberkulosebakterien überwogen, wird das Erregerspektrum in jüngerer Zeit von unspezifischen Bakterien dominiert [4, 8, 9, 24,26]. Die Mortalität konnte von 40-90% zu Beginn des vergangenen Jahrhunderts auf heutzutage ca.…”

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Spondylodiszitis nach perioperativem Periduralkatheter

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Peridural anaesthesia is used to avoid operative, postoperative and chronic pain, especially in surgery, gynecology and urology. Complications have rarely been described but can entail serious local and systemic sequelae. Three cases with spondylitis and spondylodiscitis after peridural anaesthesia are presented. The failure to recognize the peridural catheter as the cause of vertebral pain led to therapeutic delay in two cases. The result of antimicrobial therapy and in two cases radical surgical treatment was complete recovery. The occurrence of spondylodiscitis after the use of peridural catheters is often a late manifestation of disseminated pathogens. The insidious progression of infection and non-specificity of clinical symptoms may lead to diagnostic delay. Awareness of the possibility of even delayed complications after the use of peridural anaesthesia is important.

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“…The epidural space shows little reaction, and infections are rare ( I ) . A few cases of epidural abscesses have been reported as well as a case of spondylitis following epidural morphine (2). This paper describes a case of fistula formation following the use of an indwelling epidural catheter.…”

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