Candida Albicans Shunt Infection: Case Report.
- Author:
Ji Young LEE
1
;
Kyu Chang WANG
;
Hoan Jong LEE
;
Je G CHI
;
Byung Kyu CHO
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Shunt infection;
Candida albicans;
Scanning electron microscopy
- MeSH:
Amphotericin B;
Candida albicans*;
Candida*;
Cranial Fontanelles;
Diagnosis;
Fever;
Humans;
Hydrocephalus;
Infant, Low Birth Weight;
Infant, Newborn;
Microscopy, Electron, Scanning;
Pneumonia;
Solar System;
Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation
- From:Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
1993;22(10):1153-1158
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Two patients of shunt infection caused by Candida albicans are presented. They were low birth weight premature babies with prolonged antibiotic therapy for the neonatal pneumonia. They were diagnosed as posthemorrhagic and congenital hydrocephalus and underwent ventriculoperitoneal shunt(VPS). Postoperatively fever and setting sun eyes developed and anterior fontanel became tense and bulging within two months after VPS. One patient was documented as C. albicans shunt infection by facteriological study and scanning electron microscopy(SEM) and the other patient by bacteriological study only. The authors controlled the C. albicans shunt infection by removal of shunt device and intravenous Amphotericin B. In C. albicans shunt infection, it is important to remove the infected shunt device immediately after the diagnosis and bacteriological study is diagnostic, but SEM plays a role in the demonstration of the fungal elements in the shunt device.
