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Enterococci are an uncommon cause of CNS infection. A 20 month-old boy, diagnosed with hydrocephalus with ventriculoperitoneal shunt and history of lengthy hospitalization and use of wide spectrum antibiotics, was admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit diagnosed with ventriculitis. On the 14th day of empirical antibiotic therapy (vancomycin and meropenem) the child presented fever while the CSF sample culture evidenced vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium. The patient received intravenous linezolid achieving cerebrospinal fluid sterilization. Conclusion: Intravenous linezolid appears to be a safe and effective therapy for vancomycin-resistant enterococcus ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection.
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Humanos , Lactante , Masculino , Acetamidas/uso terapéutico , Antiinfecciosos/uso terapéutico , Ventrículos Cerebrales/microbiología , Encefalitis/tratamiento farmacológico , Enterococcus faecium/aislamiento & purificación , Infecciones por Bacterias Grampositivas/tratamiento farmacológico , Oxazolidinonas/uso terapéutico , Resistencia a la Vancomicina , Encefalitis/microbiología , Enterococcus faecium/efectos de los fármacos , Infecciones por Bacterias Grampositivas/microbiología , Hidrocefalia/tratamiento farmacológico , Hidrocefalia/microbiología , Resultado del Tratamiento , Derivación VentriculoperitonealRESUMEN
Twenty-one patients with clinical and laboratory diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis were studied at the paediatric department and neuroradiology unit of Bangur Institute of Neurology, both attached to IPGME & R, Kolkata, during the period from 1st February, 1996 to 31 st July, 1996. The age group of the patients were between 1 and 8 years. It clearly appears that CT is an extremely powerful investigative modality for the diagnosis, management and follow-up assessment of development of any complications like hydrocephalus, cerebral infarction, etc. CT examination also can predict the prognosis of the patients.
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Infarto Cerebral/microbiología , Niño , Preescolar , Cisterna Magna/microbiología , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Femenino , Humanos , Hidrocefalia/microbiología , Lactante , Masculino , Valor Predictivo de las Pruebas , Pronóstico , Sensibilidad y Especificidad , Tálamo/microbiología , Tomografía Computarizada por Rayos X , Tuberculosis Meníngea/complicacionesRESUMEN
We report a child with hydrocephalus due to tuberculous meningitis who developed a subcutaneous fluid collection around the ventriculoperitoneal shunt tube entry point, after one month of shunting. On investigation, he had decompressed ventricles with bilateral fronto parietal subdural hygroma. Bifrontal burr hole drainage helped resolution of both subdural effusion and subcutaneous scalp swelling. This complication is unique and its pathogenesis has been postulated.
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Antituberculosos/uso terapéutico , Derivaciones del Líquido Cefalorraquídeo/efectos adversos , Preescolar , Edema/etiología , Humanos , Hidrocefalia/microbiología , Masculino , Efusión Subdural/etiología , Tomografía Computarizada por Rayos X , Tuberculosis Meníngea/complicacionesRESUMEN
Meningitis of bacterial (including tubercular) or non bacterial origin is a common and lethal infection of central nervous system in children. Although, with the use of modern medical facilities including antibiotics, the mortality rates of meningitis have decreased, yet the number of patients surviving with complications such as hydrocephalus have greatly increased. In this article the etiopathogenesis of post meningitis hydrocephalus has been reviewed. Effective use of appropriate antibiotics and shunt procedures have improved the outcome of post meningitic hydrocephalus of bacterial origin but the same is not true with that of fungal origin, which still carries high mortality and morbidity.