title: Gonococcal meningitis and intra-abdominal abscess in the presence of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt.
abstract: We report a case of gonococcal meningitis with an intraabdominal abscess in a 19-y-old woman, who had a ventriculoperitoneal shunt after craniotomy for astrocytoma. Percutaneous drainage was performed for the intraabdominal abscess. Ceftriaxone was administered with the ventriculoperitoneal shunt removal. The clinical course improved, but visual impairment last for 3 months following treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Y J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Z Y
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Y H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D018784:Abdominal Abscess / Q000382:microbiology*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt