Shunt nephritis: a report on five children.
Of 5 children with glomerulonephritis with infected ventriculoatrial shunt, 3 had improved renal function after antibiotic therapy and removal of the infected shunt. 1 patient with endoextracapillary proliferative glomerulonephritis with 70% glomerular crescents developed a rapidly progressive renal insufficiency. Renal failure was successfully managed by hemodialysis and kidney transplantation. 1 patient died from extrarenal causes in the course of a septic episode.
D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000209:etiology; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006325:Heart Atria; D006801:Humans; D007105:Immune Complex Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D007223:Infant; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*; D013212:Staphylococcus epidermidis