Publication
Title
A neonate with a meningomyelocele complicated by aeromonas caviae ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection
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Abstract
We report on a newborn girl with a Aeromonas caviae shunt infection and meningitis after insertion of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt and surgical repair of a meningomyelocele in one procedure. This pathogen has never been reported, related to ventriculoperitoneal shunt infections. Beside the need for surgical revision of the shunt because of shunt obstruction and septa formation in the ventricles, the clinical outcome was good with intravenous cefotaxime therapy.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Acta clinica Belgica. - Leuven, 1946 - 1997
Publication
Leuven : 2013
ISSN
0001-5512
DOI
10.2143/ACB.3385
Volume/pages
68 :5 (2013) , p. 380-381
ISI
000326144200009
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UAntwerpen
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
External links
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