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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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Autores principales: Shihadeh, Omar M., Amin, Hayel, Hammadi, Firas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: HBKU Press 2023
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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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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.
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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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