Acute Pain
Volume 9, Issue 1 , Pages 35-38 , March 2007

Spinal epidural abscess and meningitis following an epidural catheterisation

  • Vijay B. Bandikatla

      Affiliations

    • Accident & Emergency, Wishaw General Hospital, North Lanarkshire NHS Trust, Wishaw, Scotland ML2 7PD, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 1698372637.
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  • B. Rizwan

      Affiliations

    • Critical Care Directorate, Darent Valley Hospital, Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust, Dartford, Kent DA2 8DA, UK
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  • A. Skalimis

      Affiliations

    • Critical Care Directorate, Darent Valley Hospital, Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust, Dartford, Kent DA2 8DA, UK
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  • H. Patel

      Affiliations

    • Critical Care Directorate, Darent Valley Hospital, Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust, Dartford, Kent DA2 8DA, UK

Received 16 August 2006 ,Revised 5 October 2006 ,Accepted 13 October 2006.

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☆ The following case was reported in the Darent Valley Hospital, Dartford, Kent DA2 8DA, UK.

PII: S1366-0071(06)00181-1

doi: 10.1016/j.acpain.2006.10.002

Acute Pain
Volume 9, Issue 1 , Pages 35-38 , March 2007

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