Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis causing Serratia marcescens and Proteus mirabilis ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 320-324

  Tumialán, Luis M ^a   Lin, Franklin ^a   Gupta, Sanjay K ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Intrathecal antibiotic therapy; Peritonitis; Proteus mirabilis; Serratia marcescens; Shunt infection; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; GENTAMICIN;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; REOPERATION; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SHUNT INFECTION; SHUNTING;

ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; PERITONITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROTEUS INFECTIONS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; REOPERATION; SERRATIA INFECTIONS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 33747206208     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2006.105.2.320     Document Type: Article

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