Cryptococcal ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection.

Authors

• Matthew J Viereck
• Nohra Chalouhi
• David I Krieger
• Kevin D Judy

Publication/Presentation Date

11-1-2014

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.

Volume

21

Issue

11

First Page

2020

Last Page

2021

ISSN

1532-2653

Published In/Presented At

Viereck, M. J., Chalouhi, N., Krieger, D. I., & Judy, K. D. (2014). Cryptococcal ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection. Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia, 21(11), 2020–2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocn.2014.08.001

Disciplines

Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Health and Medical Administration | Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods

PubMedID

25220283

Department(s)

Administration and Leadership

Document Type

Article