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Multiple rare organisms causing ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection and brain abscess
Ventriculoperitoneal shunts (VPS) are inserted to treat issues with CSF flow dynamics, such as obstructions causing CSF build up which raises the intracranial pressure. A major complication of this procedure is VPS infections. Vast majority of VPS infections are monomicrobial and may occur in the fi...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9943903/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36846275 http://dx.doi.org/10.5339/qmj.2023.7 |
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author | Shihadeh, Omar M. Amin, Hayel Hammadi, Firas |
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description | Ventriculoperitoneal shunts (VPS) are inserted to treat issues with CSF flow dynamics, such as obstructions causing CSF build up which raises the intracranial pressure. A major complication of this procedure is VPS infections. Vast majority of VPS infections are monomicrobial and may occur in the first two years of insertion due to contiguous or hematogenous spread. Here, we report a rare case of polymicrobial VPS infection with 5 pathogens. One of these organisms (Citrobacter werkmanii) has been reported as a cause of meningitis for the first time in this report. The other organism (Enterococcus casseliflavus) has been reported as a cause only one other time. Hence, we recommend considering these newly emerging organisms when dealing with meningitis. |
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spelling | pubmed-99439032023-02-23 Multiple rare organisms causing ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection and brain abscess Shihadeh, Omar M. Amin, Hayel Hammadi, Firas Qatar Med J Case Report Ventriculoperitoneal shunts (VPS) are inserted to treat issues with CSF flow dynamics, such as obstructions causing CSF build up which raises the intracranial pressure. A major complication of this procedure is VPS infections. Vast majority of VPS infections are monomicrobial and may occur in the first two years of insertion due to contiguous or hematogenous spread. Here, we report a rare case of polymicrobial VPS infection with 5 pathogens. One of these organisms (Citrobacter werkmanii) has been reported as a cause of meningitis for the first time in this report. The other organism (Enterococcus casseliflavus) has been reported as a cause only one other time. Hence, we recommend considering these newly emerging organisms when dealing with meningitis. HBKU Press 2023-02-20 /pmc/articles/PMC9943903/ /pubmed/36846275 http://dx.doi.org/10.5339/qmj.2023.7 Text en © 2023 Shihadeh, Amin, Hammadi, licensee HBKU Press. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution license CC BY 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Shihadeh, Omar M. Amin, Hayel Hammadi, Firas Multiple rare organisms causing ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection and brain abscess |
title | Multiple rare organisms causing ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection and brain abscess |
title_full | Multiple rare organisms causing ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection and brain abscess |
title_fullStr | Multiple rare organisms causing ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection and brain abscess |
title_full_unstemmed | Multiple rare organisms causing ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection and brain abscess |
title_short | Multiple rare organisms causing ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection and brain abscess |
title_sort | multiple rare organisms causing ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection and brain abscess |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9943903/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36846275 http://dx.doi.org/10.5339/qmj.2023.7 |
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