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Mycobacterium abscessus ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection and review of the literature.

Jose A Montero1, Sally F Alrabaa2, Todd S Wills2.   

Abstract

A 30-year-old man with history of neonatal hydrocephalus requiring ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement presented with Mycobacterium abscessus shunt infection despite no shunt manipulation over 10 years prior to presentation. Cure was not achieved until complete removal of all CNS shunt foreign body was performed despite initial adequate antimicrobial therapy.

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Keywords:  Meningitis; Nontuberculous mycobacteria; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

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Year:  2015        PMID： 26148928     DOI： 10.1007/s15010-015-0817-3

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Infection        ISSN： 0300-8126            Impact factor:   3.553


  9 in total

1.  Neurologic manifestations of disseminated infection with Mycobacterium abscessus.

Authors:  D S Liebeskind; N Ostrzega; C G Wasterlain; E A Buttner
Journal:  Neurology       Date:  2001-03-27       Impact factor: 9.910

Review 2.  Mycobacterium fortuitum infection of ventriculoperitoneal shunt.

Authors:  S Midani; M H Rathore
Journal:  South Med J       Date:  1999-07       Impact factor: 0.954

3.  Ventriculo-peritoneal shunt infection by mycobacterium fortuitum in an adult.

Authors:  Roopa Viswanathan; S N Bhagwati; Viswanathan Iyer; Prashant Newalkar
Journal:  Neurol India       Date:  2004-09       Impact factor: 2.117

4.  Infection of a shunt by Mycobacterium fortuitum: case report.

Authors:  K H Chan; K S Mann; W H Seto
Journal:  Neurosurgery       Date:  1991-09       Impact factor: 4.654

5.  CNS infections caused by Mycobacterium abscessus complex: clinical features and antimicrobial susceptibilities of isolates.

Authors:  Meng-Rui Lee; Aristine Cheng; Yi-Chieh Lee; Ching-Yao Yang; Chih-Cheng Lai; Yu-Tsung Huang; Chao-Chi Ho; Hao-Chien Wang; Chong-Jen Yu; Po-Ren Hsueh
Journal:  J Antimicrob Chemother       Date:  2011-10-06       Impact factor: 5.790

Review 6.  Mycobacterium fortuitum meningitis associated with an epidural catheter: case report and a review of the literature.

Authors:  K J Madaras-Kelly; T A DeMasters; D L Stevens
Journal:  Pharmacotherapy       Date:  1999-05       Impact factor: 4.705

7.  Failure of treatment for chronic Mycobacterium abscessus meningitis despite adequate clarithromycin levels in cerebrospinal fluid.

Authors:  C V Maniu; W C Hellinger; S Y Chu; R Palmer; S Alvarez-Elcoro
Journal:  Clin Infect Dis       Date:  2001-08-06       Impact factor: 9.079

Review 8.  Nontuberculous mycobacterial meningitis: report of two cases and review.

Authors:  A Flor; J A Capdevila; N Martin; J Gavaldà; A Pahissa
Journal:  Clin Infect Dis       Date:  1996-12       Impact factor: 9.079

Review 9.  Spectrum of CNS disease caused by rapidly growing mycobacteria.

Authors:  Naasha J Talati; Nadine Rouphael; Krutika Kuppalli; Carlos Franco-Paredes
Journal:  Lancet Infect Dis       Date:  2008-06       Impact factor: 25.071
  9 in total
  5 in total

Review 1.  Incidental intraoperative diagnosis of Mycobacterium abscessus meningeal infection: a case report and review of the literature.

Authors:  Francesca Giovannenze; Vito Stifano; Giancarlo Scoppettuolo; Fernando Damiano; Federico Pallavicini; Giovanni Delogu; Ivana Palucci; Alessandro Rapisarda; Cosimo Sturdà; Angelo Pompucci
Journal:  Infection       Date:  2018-04-23       Impact factor: 3.553

2.  Mycobacterium fortuitum as a cause of acute CNS infection in an immune-competent girl undergoing repeated VP shunt surgeries.

Authors:  Ashit Bhusan Xess; Kiran Bala; Aashirwad Panigrahy; Urvashi Singh
Journal:  BMJ Case Rep       Date:  2019-04-15

3.  Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infection in Patients with Neurosurgical Hardware: Two Cases and A Review of the Literature.

Authors:  Varun Padmanaban; Rezhan Hussein; Elias Rizk
Journal:  Cureus       Date:  2020-03-24

4.  A Novel Rapidly Growing Mycobacterium Species Causing an Abdominal Cerebrospinal Fluid Pseudocyst Infection.

Authors:  Cory K Hussain; Tom J B de Man; Nadege C Toney; Kamal Kamboj; Joan-Miquel Balada-Llasat; Shu-Hua Wang
Journal:  Open Forum Infect Dis       Date:  2016-07-13       Impact factor: 3.835

5.  Mycobacterium abscessus peritonitis and ventriculitis associated with ventriculoperitoneal shunt.

Authors:  D Clabots; A Serrat
Journal:  IDCases       Date:  2022-02-11
  5 in total

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