J Korean Neurosurg Soc.  1998 Feb;27(2):264-267.

A Case of Ventriculoatrial Shunt-Associated Glomerulonephritis

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  • 1Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

A 8-year old girl with a ventriculoatrial shunt presented with fever and gross hematuria. Staphylococcus epidermidis was cultured from blood. Light electron microscopic findings in this patients were characteristic of shunt nephritis and serum complement levels were low. After shunt removal, hydrocephalus was so severe that ventriculoperitoneal shunt revision was performed opposite Kocher's point: continuous antibiotic therapy resulted in normalization of the clinical symptoms. A review of the literature is included.

Keyword

Shunt nephritis; Staphylococcus epidermidis; Ventriculoatrial shunt

MeSH Terms

Child
Complement System Proteins
Female
Fever
Glomerulonephritis*
Hematuria
Humans
Hydrocephalus
Nephritis
Staphylococcus epidermidis
Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt
Complement System Proteins
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