Cysto-peritoneal shunt infection with Trichosporon beigelii.
Infection is a frequent problem affecting cysto-peritoneal shunts, the usual causative organisms being Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus aureus. Fungi are rarely isolated from such infections. We present the first report, as far as the authors are aware, of a case of Trichosporon beigelii shunt infection that responded to shunt removal and antifungal therapy.
Ashpole
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Department of Neurological Surgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
Jacobson
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King
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Holmes
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D016080:Arachnoid Cysts / Q000151:congenital* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000382:microbiology; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009181:Mycoses / Q000382:microbiology*; D010537:Peritoneum; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000382:microbiology*; D014250:Trichosporon / Q000302:isolation & purification*