Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt Infections in Children: Do Hematologic and Cerebrospinal Fluid White Cells Examinations Correlate With the Type of Infection?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt infections in children represent an increasing problem in clinical practice. However, comprehensive clinical, laboratory and microbiologic data are scarce in pediatric age.

Methods

We conducted a 10-year retrospective study to (1) analyze clinical, laboratory and microbiologic parameters associated with infections in children; (2) analyze results according to the type of catheter (medicated or not), type of infection (first or relapses), type of hydrocephalus (acquired and congenital), presence or not of bacteriemia; (3) describe antibiotic susceptibilities and their evolution during the study period.

Results

Eighty-seven children with shunt infection and 61 children with mechanical shunt malfunction were enrolled. Fever, vom

SUBMITTER: Buonsenso D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10863656 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature