Case Reports in Medicine (Jan 2010)

Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis: A Complication of Spinal Epidural Abscess

  • Armando Bedoya,
  • Bethany Gentilesco

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/105426
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2010

Abstract

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Epidural injections for chronic low back pain are controversial, and their effectiveness is debated. Although epidural injections are considered a minor procedure with low morbidity, catastrophic complications may occur. We describe a case of prosthetic valve endocarditis secondary to an epidural abscess after epidural injection to alert clinicians to this unusual association.