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Gram-Negative Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt-Association Infections.

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Title: Gram-Negative Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt-Association Infections.
Authors: Sells, Clifford J., Shurtleff, David B., Loeser, John D.
Source: Pediatrics. Apr77, Vol. 59 Issue 4, p614. 5p.
Subjects: Nervous system, Cerebrospinal fluid shunts, Hydrocephalus in children, Infection
Abstract: Abstract. Twenty hydrocephalic children with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunts over an 11-year period were seen with Grain-negative central nervous system (CNS) infections. Seventeen infections were with single organisms and three were mixed. Sixteen of 20 (80%) of the infections occurred within five months of shunt surgery. Complete shunt removal or replacement m a new site plus systemic and intraventricular antibiotics resulted in a 100% (9/9) cure rate. Systemic and intraventricular antibiotics alone or in combination with incomplete shunt removal generally were unsuccessful. Significant morbidity and mortality were associated with these infections. Of the 18 patients with follow-up data, seven (39%) died with the infection, four (22%) sustained definite CNS damage, three (17%) were retarded after infection but their preinfection status was unknown, and only four (22%) patients escaped without definite sequelae. Early recognition and appropriate therapy, hopefully, will improve the current bleak prognosis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:Abstract. Twenty hydrocephalic children with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunts over an 11-year period were seen with Grain-negative central nervous system (CNS) infections. Seventeen infections were with single organisms and three were mixed. Sixteen of 20 (80%) of the infections occurred within five months of shunt surgery. Complete shunt removal or replacement m a new site plus systemic and intraventricular antibiotics resulted in a 100% (9/9) cure rate. Systemic and intraventricular antibiotics alone or in combination with incomplete shunt removal generally were unsuccessful. Significant morbidity and mortality were associated with these infections. Of the 18 patients with follow-up data, seven (39%) died with the infection, four (22%) sustained definite CNS damage, three (17%) were retarded after infection but their preinfection status was unknown, and only four (22%) patients escaped without definite sequelae. Early recognition and appropriate therapy, hopefully, will improve the current bleak prognosis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:00314005
DOI:10.1542/peds.59.4.614