Mycobacterium fortuitum ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection in an immunocompromised patient: A case report

We present a case of Mycobacterium fortuitum ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection in a 26-year-old immunocompromised woman. The patient was treated with revision and replacement of her peritoneal shunt and prolonged combination antimicrobial therapy. There are no established guidelines for the treat...

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Autores principales: Lattanzio, Natalia, Bell, Stephen, Campdesuner, Victoria, George, Justin, Alkayali, Talal, Rodriguez, Yorlenis, Wiese-Rometsch, Wilhelmine, Kraitman, Natan
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7642848/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33194550
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00995
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author Lattanzio, Natalia
Bell, Stephen
Campdesuner, Victoria
George, Justin
Alkayali, Talal
Rodriguez, Yorlenis
Wiese-Rometsch, Wilhelmine
Kraitman, Natan
author_facet Lattanzio, Natalia
Bell, Stephen
Campdesuner, Victoria
George, Justin
Alkayali, Talal
Rodriguez, Yorlenis
Wiese-Rometsch, Wilhelmine
Kraitman, Natan
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description We present a case of Mycobacterium fortuitum ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection in a 26-year-old immunocompromised woman. The patient was treated with revision and replacement of her peritoneal shunt and prolonged combination antimicrobial therapy. There are no established guidelines for the treatment of VP shunt infections due to M. fortuitum. We review the literature and provide treatment recommendations.
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spelling pubmed-76428482020-11-13 Mycobacterium fortuitum ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection in an immunocompromised patient: A case report Lattanzio, Natalia Bell, Stephen Campdesuner, Victoria George, Justin Alkayali, Talal Rodriguez, Yorlenis Wiese-Rometsch, Wilhelmine Kraitman, Natan IDCases Article We present a case of Mycobacterium fortuitum ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection in a 26-year-old immunocompromised woman. The patient was treated with revision and replacement of her peritoneal shunt and prolonged combination antimicrobial therapy. There are no established guidelines for the treatment of VP shunt infections due to M. fortuitum. We review the literature and provide treatment recommendations. Elsevier 2020-10-23 /pmc/articles/PMC7642848/ /pubmed/33194550 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00995 Text en © 2020 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Lattanzio, Natalia
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Wiese-Rometsch, Wilhelmine
Kraitman, Natan
Mycobacterium fortuitum ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection in an immunocompromised patient: A case report
title Mycobacterium fortuitum ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection in an immunocompromised patient: A case report
title_full Mycobacterium fortuitum ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection in an immunocompromised patient: A case report
title_fullStr Mycobacterium fortuitum ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection in an immunocompromised patient: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Mycobacterium fortuitum ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection in an immunocompromised patient: A case report
title_short Mycobacterium fortuitum ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection in an immunocompromised patient: A case report
title_sort mycobacterium fortuitum ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection in an immunocompromised patient: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7642848/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33194550
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00995
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