INTRACEREBRAL SEPSIS DUE TO INTESTINAL PERFORATION BY VENTRICULO-PERITONEAL SHUNTS - 2 CASES

Authors
PANAGEA S CARTMILL TDI PANIGRAHI H
Citation
S. Panagea et al., INTRACEREBRAL SEPSIS DUE TO INTESTINAL PERFORATION BY VENTRICULO-PERITONEAL SHUNTS - 2 CASES, The Journal of infection, 35(1), 1997, pp. 86-88
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases
Journal title
The Journal of infection → ACNP
ISSN journal
01634453
Volume
35
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
86 - 88
Database
ISI
SICI code
0163-4453(1997)35:1<86:ISDTIP>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Two cases of ventriculo-peritoneal (V-P) shunt infection attributable to intestinal perforation are reported. One patient developed a brain abscess, the other ventriculitis. Microbiology consisted of faecal flo ra and the peritoneal catheter was found to be faecally stained in bot h cases, There were no abdominal symptoms or signs. It is likely that infection developed via the ascending route.