Staphylococcus lugdunensis infection of ventriculoperitoneal shunt in adult: Case report and literature review

Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt (VPS) placement is one of the most commonly performed treatment modality in patient with hydrocephalus and infection is usually seen in such patients with shunt complication. Multiple shunt revision and its complications are related to various causes including mainly Coagu...

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Autores principales: Mohanty, Aroop, Jha, Mithilesh Kumar, Kabi, Ankita, Jha, Nisha, Gupta, Pratima
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6881936/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31803687
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_507_19
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Sumario:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt (VPS) placement is one of the most commonly performed treatment modality in patient with hydrocephalus and infection is usually seen in such patients with shunt complication. Multiple shunt revision and its complications are related to various causes including mainly Coagulase negative Staphylococcus (CONS) infection. VPS obstruction occurring in proximal catheter is he most common cause of VPS malfunction. Here we present a case of Venticuloperitoneal shunt infection caused by CONS in a adult patient.

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