Ventriculo-peritoneal shunt infection in a patient on hemodialysis.
Sepsis is an important and serious complication in hemodialysis (HD) patients. Here we report on a case of spina bifida with ventriculo-peritoneal (VP) shunt infection who was on HD and underwent at least 5 months of investigations before a source of the infection was found and eventually treated successfully. We believe this to be the first reported case of VP shunt-associated sepsis in a patient on HD.
Thet
Yupar
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Arrowe Park University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Wirral, UK.
Myint
Win
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Myint
Wynne
W
Hughes
David
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Crowe
Alex V
AV
Banerjee
Anindya
A
D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D018805:Sepsis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D016135:Spinal Dysraphism / Q000150:complications*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / Q000009:adverse effects*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents