Gram-Positive Rods on a Cerebrospinal Fluid Gram Stain

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) access device placement in the pediatric population presents challenges due to the development of infections following placement, access or revision, and/or shunt malfunctions. Here we report an unusual pediatric case of L. monocytogenes ventriculitis/VP shunt (VPS) infecti...

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Autores principales: Thompson, Amelia B, Wrubel, David, Berkowitz, Frank E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5726465/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29255736
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx240
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description Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) access device placement in the pediatric population presents challenges due to the development of infections following placement, access or revision, and/or shunt malfunctions. Here we report an unusual pediatric case of L. monocytogenes ventriculitis/VP shunt (VPS) infection and associated pseudocyst with an emphasis on the importance of VPS removal in clearing the infection due to biofilm formation.
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spelling pubmed-57264652017-12-18 Gram-Positive Rods on a Cerebrospinal Fluid Gram Stain Thompson, Amelia B Wrubel, David Berkowitz, Frank E Open Forum Infect Dis ID Case Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) access device placement in the pediatric population presents challenges due to the development of infections following placement, access or revision, and/or shunt malfunctions. Here we report an unusual pediatric case of L. monocytogenes ventriculitis/VP shunt (VPS) infection and associated pseudocyst with an emphasis on the importance of VPS removal in clearing the infection due to biofilm formation. Oxford University Press 2017-12-11 /pmc/articles/PMC5726465/ /pubmed/29255736 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx240 Text en © The Author(s) 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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