Mohanty Aroop, Jha Mithilesh Kumar, Kabi Ankita, Jha Nisha, Gupta Pratima
Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.
Department of Trauma and Emergency Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2019 Nov 15;8(11):3755-3757. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_507_19. eCollection 2019 Nov.
Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt (VPS) placement is one of the most commonly performed treatment modality in patient with hydrocephalus and infection is usually seen in such patients with shunt complication. Multiple shunt revision and its complications are related to various causes including mainly Coagulase negative Staphylococcus (CONS) infection. VPS obstruction occurring in proximal catheter is he most common cause of VPS malfunction. Here we present a case of Venticuloperitoneal shunt infection caused by CONS in a adult patient.
脑室腹腔分流术(VPS)置入是脑积水患者最常用的治疗方式之一,感染通常见于此类有分流并发症的患者。多次分流修复及其并发症与多种原因有关,主要包括凝固酶阴性葡萄球菌(CONS)感染。近端导管发生的VPS梗阻是VPS功能障碍最常见的原因。在此,我们报告一例成年患者因CONS引起的脑室腹腔分流感染病例。