Psychrobacter piechaudii shunt infection: first report of human infection
| Autor: | Donald Macarthur, Shanika A. Crusz, Matthew A. Kirkman, Michelle Lister, Ashwin Kumaria |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.drug_class Antibiotics Ceftazidime Case Report Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Cerebrospinal fluid medicine Humans Psychrobacter biology business.industry Moraxellaceae Infant General Medicine biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts Surgery Shunt (medical) Hydrocephalus Shunt infection Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Psychrobacter piechaudii Female Neurology (clinical) business Meningitis medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Child's Nervous System |
| ISSN: | 1433-0350 0256-7040 |
| Popis: | Psychrobacter piechaudii is a recently described species of Gram-negative bacteria in the Moraxellaceae family. No cases of human infection due to this species have been described before. We report the case of an ex-premature infant girl with hydrocephalus secondary to intraventricular haemorrhage who underwent multiple cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt operations. She ultimately developed Psychrobacter piechaudii meningitis, presenting as ventriculoperitoneal shunt dysfunction and wound leak, which necessitated removal of the shunt, a period of external ventricular drainage and antibiotics. We found this organism to be sensitive to intravenous ceftazidime (50 mg/kg) and ciprofloxacin, and a 7-10 day treatment course prior to shunt re-insertion (and 3 week total course) was sufficient. The patient is well post-operatively. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of Psychrobacter piechaudii infection in a human. |
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