[Infectious complications of LeVeen peritoneovenous shunt. Description of a case]. / Complicanze infettive da shunt peritoneo-venoso secondo Le Veen. Descrizione di un caso.

A lethal case of E. coli induced meningitis and sepsis in patient with Le Veen peritoneo-venous shunt (PVS) for refractory ascites during alcohol induced cirrhosis of the liver is reported in confirmation of the high number of infectious complications that affects the cirrhotic, especially if he has been subjected to PVS. This report owes its interest to the unusual site of the infection which is however fairly frequent in these particular patients.