Open AccessSuccessful Treatment of Cryptococcal Ventriculoatrial Shunt Infection with Systemic Therapy Alone
Author(s) -
Sanjay Yadav,
John R. Perfect,
Allan H. Friedman
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
neurosurgery/neurosurgery online
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1081-1281
pISSN - 0148-396X
DOI - 10.1227/00006123-198809000-00017
Subject(s) - medicine , systemic therapy , cryptococcosis , surgery , pathology , cancer , breast cancer
We report successful treatment of a cryptococcal ventriculoatrial shunt infection with antifungal therapy without shunt removal.