Open AccessFilamentous Histoplasma capsulatum Involving a Ventriculoatrial Shunt
Author(s) -
Joyce G. Schwartz,
Fermin O. Tio,
Richard J. Fetchick
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
neurosurgery/neurosurgery online
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1081-1281
pISSN - 0148-396X
DOI - 10.1227/00006123-198604000-00021
Subject(s) - medicine , histoplasma capsulatum , etiology , shunt (medical) , histoplasma , pathogenesis , histoplasmosis , surgery , pathology
We describe the first case, to our knowledge, of filamentous Histoplasma capsulatum infection in a ventriculoatrial shunt. A review of the literature on the incidence, etiologies, and symptomatology of shunt-related infections is presented. The pathogenesis and treatment of the fungus-infected shunts are also discussed.