Fatal exserohilum meningitis and central nervous system vasculitis after cervical epidural methylprednisolone injection

Ann Intern Med. 2012 Dec 4;157(11):835-6. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-158-1-201212040-00557.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents* / administration & dosage
  • Ascomycota*
  • Brain / pathology
  • Drug Compounding
  • Drug Contamination*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Injections, Epidural / adverse effects
  • Meningitis, Fungal / etiology*
  • Meningitis, Fungal / microbiology
  • Meningitis, Fungal / pathology
  • Methylprednisolone / administration & dosage
  • Methylprednisolone / analogs & derivatives*
  • Methylprednisolone Acetate
  • Middle Aged
  • Vasculitis, Central Nervous System / etiology*
  • Vasculitis, Central Nervous System / microbiology
  • Vasculitis, Central Nervous System / pathology

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Methylprednisolone Acetate
  • Methylprednisolone