Stenotrophomonas maltophilia as a rare cause of meningitis and ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection
| Autor: | Srinivasan Harish, Kariyattil Rajeev, Akarsh Jayachandran, Biji Bahuleyan, Koshy George, Joseph Jo, Muthukuttiparambil Unnikrishnan, Adarsh Manuel, Vishnu Das K R, Thenozhi Sunil |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
biology business.industry Stenotrophomonas maltophilia meningitis Case Reports biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Shunt infection infection Shunt (medical) Surgery Cerebrospinal fluid migration into bowel medicine ventriculoperitoneal shunt General Materials Science Young female business Meningitis |
| Zdroj: | Access Microbiology |
| ISSN: | 2516-8290 |
| Popis: | Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is an extremely rare pathogen responsible for ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection and meningitis. This young female patient with history of multiple shunt revisions in the past, came to us with shunt dysfunction and exposure of the ventriculoperitoneal shunt tube in the neck. The abdominal end of the shunt tube was seen migrating into the bowel during shunt revision. The cerebrospinal fluid analysis showed evidence of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia growth. This is the first reported case of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia meningitis associated with ventriculoperitoneal shunt migration into the bowel. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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