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A 14-year-old male developed bacterial meningitis during continuous epidural catheterization for the management of an acute slipped capital femoral epiphysis.
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Continuous epidural anesthesia can rarely be complicated by bacterial meningitis, even without local signs of infection at the catheter site.
Vigilance for meningitis remains essential during continuous epidural use in adolescents even without catheter-site signs; this case extends sparse reports of rare infectious complications.
Bacterial meningitis associated with continuous epidural anesthesia is a rare event. We report a case of a patient who developed a bacterial meningitis during continuous epidural catheterization for management of direct traction for an acute slipped capital femoral epiphysis. The cause of the meningitis is not certain, although cellulitis from the site of the epidural catheter is the best possibility.
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Nakamura et al. (1994) conducted a case report in Bacterial meningitis (n=1). Continuous epidural anesthesia was evaluated. A 14-year-old male developed bacterial meningitis during continuous epidural catheterization for the management of an acute slipped capital femoral epiphysis.
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