SHUNT NEPHRITIS ASSOCIATED WITH PROPIONIBACTERIUM-ACNES

Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis was observed in a 22-year-old male patient in whom a ventriculoatrial shunt and a ventricular cathe ter were implanted after he was diagnosed in September 1989 with a cer ebral cyst. Propionibacterium acnes infection of a central nervous sys tem shunt was diagnosed. The venticuloatrial shunt was removed (the ca theter had become embedded in tissue and was left in place) and the pa tient was treated with cefotaxime (3 x 2 g) for 14 days. Renal functio n improved, but recovery was not complete.