A SHUNT INFECTION CAUSED BY FRANCISELLA-TULARENSIS

Authors
PITTMAN T WILLIAMS D FRIEDMAN AD
Citation
T. Pittman et al., A SHUNT INFECTION CAUSED BY FRANCISELLA-TULARENSIS, Pediatric neurosurgery, 24(1), 1996, pp. 50-51
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics,"Clinical Neurology",Surgery
Journal title
Pediatric neurosurgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
10162291
Volume
24
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
50 - 51
Database
ISI
SICI code
1016-2291(1996)24:1<50:ASICBF>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
We report the first case of a child with a shunt infection caused by F rancisella tularensis, the causative agent of tularemia. This patient is also unique in that the disease was limited to the central nervous system.