Cryptococcal ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection

被引：15
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作者：
Viereck, Matthew J. [1 ,2 ]
Chalouhi, Nohra [1 ,2 ]
Krieger, David I. [1 ,2 ]
Judy, Kevin D. [1 ,2 ,3 ]
机构：
[1] Thomas Jefferson Univ, Dept Neurosurg, Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA
[2] Jefferson Hosp Neurosci, Philadelphia, PA USA
[3] Thomas Jefferson Univ, Sidney Kimmel Med Coll, Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA
来源：
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE | 2014年 / 21卷 / 11期
关键词：
CNS shunt infection; Cryptococcus; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt; SINGLE-INSTITUTION EXPERIENCE; HYDROCEPHALUS; SURGERY; ARTICLE;
D O I：
10.1016/j.jocn.2014.08.001
中图分类号：
R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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摘要：
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. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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