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Cryptococcal ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection.

Matthew J Viereck1, Nohra Chalouhi1, David I Krieger1, Kevin D Judy2.   

Abstract

The standard treatment of hydrocephalus is placement of a ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt. While infection is a common complication, rarely are fungal organisms implicated. Cryptococcus neoformans has been reported in only nine cases of shunt infection to our knowledge. The timing from shunt placement to symptom onset varies widely from 10 days to 15 months. We present a patient who developed a cryptococcal infection of his VP shunt more than two decades following shunt placement.
Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Keywords:  CNS shunt infection; Cryptococcus; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

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Year:  2014        PMID： 25220283     DOI： 10.1016/j.jocn.2014.08.001

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Clin Neurosci        ISSN： 0967-5868            Impact factor:   1.961


  9 in total

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Journal:  Childs Nerv Syst       Date:  2018-08-18       Impact factor: 1.475

2.  Combined effect of furanone fluconazole and amphotericin B against biofilms formed from Cryptococcus neoformans.

Authors:  Kirishnamoorthy Meenakumari; Giridharan Bupesh
Journal:  Bioinformation       Date:  2021-05-31

3.  Recovery of Cryptococcus gattii from an Infected Ventriculo-Peritoneal Shunt, Illinois, USA.

Authors:  Donna Moritz; A Mena Lora; Bridget Blumer; Amanda T Harrington
Journal:  Emerg Infect Dis       Date:  2018-07       Impact factor: 6.883

4.  A Retrospective Study on the Avoidability of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Infections in a University Hospital in Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia.

Authors:  Maan A Albehair; Mazen A Alosail; Naif M Albulwi; Ahmed AlAssiry; Fahad A Alzahrani; Ammar Bukhamsin; Ahmed Ammar
Journal:  Cureus       Date:  2021-02-04

5.  First Report of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Infection due to Cyberlindnera fabianii.

Authors:  Jonathan Baghdadi; Peera Hemarajata; Romney Humphries; Theodoros Kelesidis
Journal:  Case Rep Infect Dis       Date:  2015-11-04

6.  Diagnostic Challenges of Cryptococcus neoformans in an Immunocompetent Individual Masquerading as Chronic Hydrocephalus.

Authors:  Kedar R Mahajan; Amity L Roberts; Mark T Curtis; Danielle Fortuna; Robin Dharia; Lori Sheehan
Journal:  Case Rep Neurol Med       Date:  2016-07-20

Review 7.  Cryptococcal Infection of the Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt in an Immunocompetent Patient.

Authors:  Kap Sum Foong; Ashley Lee; Gustavo Vasquez
Journal:  Am J Case Rep       Date:  2016-01-18

Review 8.  Undiagnosed Cryptococcus gattii meningitis leading to subsequent ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection in a patient with symptoms of normal pressure hydrocephalus: case report and literature review.

Authors:  Wutthiseth Dhitinanmuang; Piriyaporn Chongtrakool; Anupop Jitmuang
Journal:  BMC Infect Dis       Date:  2018-06-04       Impact factor: 3.090

9.  Rates of cerebrospinal fluid infection and the causative organisms following shunt procedures in Saudi Arabia. A retrospective study based on radiological findings.

Authors:  AbdulAziz M Al-Sharydah; Yaser A Abu Melha; Sari S Al-Suhibani; Abdulrazaq A Alojan; Tareq H Al-Taei; Iba I Alfawaz; Lateefah T AlShammari; Saeed A Al-Jubran; Ahmed S Ammar
Journal:  Saudi Med J       Date:  2020-06       Impact factor: 1.484
  9 in total

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