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In a large proportion of patients, isolation of viable organisms from excised skin specimens after disinfection with 10% PVP-I suggests that contamination of the epidural space by the skin flora may be a potential mechanism of epidural infection associated with epidural block.

Lidocaine possesses bacteriostatic activity against E. coli. Addition of lidocaine to propofol confers its bacteriostatic activity to the mixture and may decrease the hazard of infection associated with the extrinsic contamination of propofol.

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CEI of 0.5% bupivacaine plus IEB was associated with a shorter duration of ZAP and fewer patients with allodynia beyond 30 days, compared with IEB plus normal saline infusion. Patients at high risk for developing postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) can be managed with intensive therapies at the early stage of disease, such as CEI, which maintains effective analgesia and may reduce the burden of PHN.