coli wound infection and subsequent meningitis-ventriculitis which responded to antibiotic therapy. Aqueductal stenosis and obstructive hydrocephalus initially was treated with a ventriculoperitoneal ...

ICH is associated with serious complications in patients with cryptococcal meningitis and can be adequately treated with the placement of a VP shunt, even in those cases where the neuroimaging studies ...

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt infections are a significant complication associated with the surgical placement of shunts, which are devices used to manage conditions like hydrocephalus.

The gold standard for TBM diagnosis is detecting Mtb in CSF. However, due to low bacterial load, conventional bacteriological tests show limited sensitivity (3, 4). Enhancing sensitivity remains a ...

With the benefit of hindsight from this study, 1 which refuted the perception that convulsive status epilepticus is atypical of acute bacterial meningitis (ABM), cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) sampling ...

The patient's clinical syndrome correlated with her virological diagnosis and no other cause of her symptoms was found. Her symptoms were self-limiting and improved with supportive management. This ...

Learning Objectives 1. To understand CSF dynamics, ventricular shunt designs and significance of CSF nuclear shunt studies. 2. To understand the normal patent CSF shunt study. 3. To recognize the ...

Occasionally, there may be difficulty accessing the shunt reservoir or aspirating CSF from it. In that case alternative tests will need to be done under the guidance of your physician. There is a ...

A shunt system that is not functioning properly requires immediate medical attention. Infection at the site of the surgical wound, the shunt or in the cerebrospinal fluid itself (meningitis). Symptoms ...

We report a case of meningitis caused by VZV in an immunocompetent man in his 20s. Diagnosis was delayed due to the atypical presentation of painless occipital zoster mimicking atopic dermatitis, and ...