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Ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection with L isteria innocua
Author(s) -
Karli Arzu,
Sensoy Gulnar,
Unal Nevzat,
Yanik Keramettin,
Cigdem Halit,
Belet Nursen,
Sofuoglu Ayse
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
pediatrics international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.49
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1442-200X
pISSN - 1328-8067
DOI - 10.1111/ped.12302
Subject(s) - medicine , shunt (medical) , surgery
L isteria species may cause life‐threatening events including meningitis and invasive infection in newborns, pregnant women, older and immunodeficient people. The most common L isteria species that causes infection is L . monocytogenes . It is known that L isteria innocua has no pathogenicity. A 9‐month‐old baby had ventriculoperitoneal shunt and was treated with adrenocorticotropic hormone because of infantile spasms. He was brought to hospital with fever and vomiting. Upon physical examination, the patient seemed uncomfortable and had a temperature of 38.6°C. Laboratory results were as follows: hemoglobin, 6.7 g/dL; leukocyte count, 5420/mm 3 ; platelet count, 169 000/mm 3 ; and C ‐reactive protein, 100 mg/L (normal <5 mg/L). On analysis of cerebrospinal fluid ( CSF ), leukocyte count was 480/mm 3 , protein was 46 mg/dL and CSF glucose was 35 mg/dL. L . innocua was isolated in CSF culture. We describe this unusual case of ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection with L . innocua .