[Infection of the shunt system in children treated for hydrocephalus].

Abstract

From 1983 to 1988 25 infected shunt systems were found in 205 hydrocephalic children. Four children were treated successfully with antibiotics given into the shunt system and intravenously. Seventeen shunt systems had to be removed and Rikham reservoir or external drainage implanted. Antibiotics were given both into the ipsilateral ventricle and intravenously. In four children with "low dynamic" hydrocephalus the shunts were removed and antibiotics were given intravenously only. Six patients died, in eight neurological impairment developed.

• Authors: K Strzyzewski, Z Huber, K Jarmusz
• Journal: Neurologia i neurochirurgia polska (Neurol Neurochir Pol) 1991 May-Jun Vol. 25 Issue 3 Pg. 337-42 ISSN: 0028-3843 [Print] Poland
• Vernacular Title: Zakazenie układu zastawkowego u dzieci leczonych z powodu wodogłowia.
• PMID: 1961380 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Anti-Bacterial Agents

Topics

• Adolescent
• Anti-Bacterial Agents (administration & dosage)
• Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts (adverse effects)
• Child
• Child, Preschool
• Humans
• Hydrocephalus (surgery)
• Infant
• Infant, Newborn
• Injections, Intravenous
• Injections, Intraventricular
• Staphylococcal Infections (drug therapy, etiology)
• Surgical Wound Infection (drug therapy, etiology)