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Postpartum meningitis
Author(s) -
DAVIS L.,
HARGREAVES C.,
ROBINSON P. N.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1993.tb07592.x
Subject(s) - medicine , meningitis , streptococcus , puerperal infection , pregnancy , group b , neonatal meningitis , anesthesia , obstetrics , surgery , bacteria , biochemistry , chemistry , genetics , escherichia coli , gene , biology
Summary A case of meningitis following obstetric epidural anaesthesia is reported in which a group B, beta‐haemolytic streptococcus was isolated as the causative organism.