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Outbreak of Chemical Meningitis Following Spinal Anesthesia Caused by Chemically Related Bupivacaine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Marcelo Cordeiro dos Santos*
Affiliation:
Amazonas State University, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil Tropical Medicine Foundation of Amazonas, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil Health Surveillance Foundation, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Bernardino Claudio de Albuquerque
Affiliation:
Health Surveillance Foundation, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil University of Amazonas, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Rossicléia Lins Monte
Affiliation:
Tropical Medicine Foundation of Amazonas, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Gilberto Gama Filho
Affiliation:
Santa Julia Hospital, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Maria das Graças Costa Alecrim
Affiliation:
Amazonas State University, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil Tropical Medicine Foundation of Amazonas, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil Nilton Lins University Center, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
*
Tropical Medicine Foundation of Amazonas, Av. Pedro, Teixeira, 25, CEP:69040-000, Manaus, AM, Brazil( marcelo_cordeiro@uol.com.br)

Abstract

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Research Brief
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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