Iatrogenic Meningitis Caused by Neisseria sicca/subflava after Intrathecal Contrast Injection, Australia

We report a case of invasive Neisseria sicca/subflava meningitis after a spinal injection procedure during which a face mask was not worn by the proceduralist. The report highlights the importance of awareness of, and adherence to, guidelines for protective face mask use during procedures that requi...

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Autores principales: Entesari-Tatafi, Damoon, Bagherirad, Mohammad, Quan, Doreen, Athan, Eugene
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4036775/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24856004
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2006.131117
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author Entesari-Tatafi, Damoon
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spelling pubmed-40367752014-06-04 Iatrogenic Meningitis Caused by Neisseria sicca/subflava after Intrathecal Contrast Injection, Australia Entesari-Tatafi, Damoon Bagherirad, Mohammad Quan, Doreen Athan, Eugene Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We report a case of invasive Neisseria sicca/subflava meningitis after a spinal injection procedure during which a face mask was not worn by the proceduralist. The report highlights the importance of awareness of, and adherence to, guidelines for protective face mask use during procedures that require sterile conditions. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4036775/ /pubmed/24856004 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2006.131117 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Iatrogenic Meningitis Caused by Neisseria sicca/subflava after Intrathecal Contrast Injection, Australia
title Iatrogenic Meningitis Caused by Neisseria sicca/subflava after Intrathecal Contrast Injection, Australia
title_full Iatrogenic Meningitis Caused by Neisseria sicca/subflava after Intrathecal Contrast Injection, Australia
title_fullStr Iatrogenic Meningitis Caused by Neisseria sicca/subflava after Intrathecal Contrast Injection, Australia
title_full_unstemmed Iatrogenic Meningitis Caused by Neisseria sicca/subflava after Intrathecal Contrast Injection, Australia
title_short Iatrogenic Meningitis Caused by Neisseria sicca/subflava after Intrathecal Contrast Injection, Australia
title_sort iatrogenic meningitis caused by neisseria sicca/subflava after intrathecal contrast injection, australia
topic Dispatch
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