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A retrospective study of central nervous system shunt infections diagnosed in a university hospital during a 4-year period
BACKGROUND: Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunts are used for intracranial pressure management and temporary cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) drainage. Infection of the central nervous system (CNS) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with CSF shunts. The aim of the present study was to eval...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1421408/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16524475 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-6-43 |
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author | Sacar, Suzan Turgut, Huseyin Toprak, Semra Cirak, Bayram Coskun, Erdal Yilmaz, Ozlem Tekin, Koray |
author_facet | Sacar, Suzan Turgut, Huseyin Toprak, Semra Cirak, Bayram Coskun, Erdal Yilmaz, Ozlem Tekin, Koray |
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description | BACKGROUND: Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunts are used for intracranial pressure management and temporary cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) drainage. Infection of the central nervous system (CNS) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with CSF shunts. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the clinical features, pathogens, and outcomes of 22 patients with CSF shunt infections collected over 4 years. METHODS: The patients with shunt insertions were evaluated using; age, sex, etiology of hydrocephalus, shunt infection numbers, biochemical and microbiological parameters, prognosis, clinical infection features and clinical outcome. RESULTS: The most common causes of the etiology of hydrocephalus in shunt infected patients were congenital hydrocephalus-myelomeningocele (32%) and meningitis (23%). The commonest causative microorganism identified was Staphylococcus (S.) aureus, followed by Acinetobacter spp., and S. epidermidis. CONCLUSION: In a case of a shunt infection the timely usage of appropriate antibiotics, according to the antimicrobial susceptibility testing, and the removal of the shunt apparatus is essential for successful treatment. |
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spelling | pubmed-14214082006-04-01 A retrospective study of central nervous system shunt infections diagnosed in a university hospital during a 4-year period Sacar, Suzan Turgut, Huseyin Toprak, Semra Cirak, Bayram Coskun, Erdal Yilmaz, Ozlem Tekin, Koray BMC Infect Dis Research Article BACKGROUND: Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunts are used for intracranial pressure management and temporary cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) drainage. Infection of the central nervous system (CNS) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with CSF shunts. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the clinical features, pathogens, and outcomes of 22 patients with CSF shunt infections collected over 4 years. METHODS: The patients with shunt insertions were evaluated using; age, sex, etiology of hydrocephalus, shunt infection numbers, biochemical and microbiological parameters, prognosis, clinical infection features and clinical outcome. RESULTS: The most common causes of the etiology of hydrocephalus in shunt infected patients were congenital hydrocephalus-myelomeningocele (32%) and meningitis (23%). The commonest causative microorganism identified was Staphylococcus (S.) aureus, followed by Acinetobacter spp., and S. epidermidis. CONCLUSION: In a case of a shunt infection the timely usage of appropriate antibiotics, according to the antimicrobial susceptibility testing, and the removal of the shunt apparatus is essential for successful treatment. BioMed Central 2006-03-08 /pmc/articles/PMC1421408/ /pubmed/16524475 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-6-43 Text en Copyright © 2006 Sacar et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Sacar, Suzan Turgut, Huseyin Toprak, Semra Cirak, Bayram Coskun, Erdal Yilmaz, Ozlem Tekin, Koray A retrospective study of central nervous system shunt infections diagnosed in a university hospital during a 4-year period |
title | A retrospective study of central nervous system shunt infections diagnosed in a university hospital during a 4-year period |
title_full | A retrospective study of central nervous system shunt infections diagnosed in a university hospital during a 4-year period |
title_fullStr | A retrospective study of central nervous system shunt infections diagnosed in a university hospital during a 4-year period |
title_full_unstemmed | A retrospective study of central nervous system shunt infections diagnosed in a university hospital during a 4-year period |
title_short | A retrospective study of central nervous system shunt infections diagnosed in a university hospital during a 4-year period |
title_sort | retrospective study of central nervous system shunt infections diagnosed in a university hospital during a 4-year period |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1421408/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16524475 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-6-43 |
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