... with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) and H. influenzae meningitis and septicemia complicated by vasospasm. Vasospasm caused by Haemophilus central nervous system infection has not been previously reported. Case Presentation: A 34-month-old patient with a recent VPS presented with H. influenzae meningitis and sepsis...

.... Coagulase-negative staphylococci CSF shunt infection Meningitis Ventriculitis Vancomycin References 1. McGirt MJ, Zaas A, Fuchs HE, George TM, Kaye K, Sexton DJ: Risk factors for pediatric ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection and predictors of infectious pathogens. Clin Infect Dis 2003; 36...

... oral intake. His presentation was concerning for shunt infection and evaluation for this was undertaken. He was found to have a shunt infection due to non- Salmonellatyphi species , a rare cause of meningitis in children in the United States and rarer cause of shunt infection . With effective treatment...

... report and review of the literature. J Neurol Sci 2009;278:123-126. 7. Grayeli AB, Redondo A, Salama J, Rey A: Tuberculoma of the cavernous sinus: case report. Neurosurgery 1998;42:179-181. 8. Hui AC, Wong WS, Wong KS: Cavernous sinus syndrome secondary to tuberculous meningitis. Eur Neurol...

...Doniel Drazin; Deborah Lehman; Moise Danielpour Bacillus cereus meningitis is a rare disease with a very high mortality rate in neonates. The authors present the rare case of a premature infant with B. cereus bacteremia and subsequent intracranial abscesses. In addition to aggressive medical...

...John C. Christenson; Andrew T. Pavia; Kay Seskin; Douglas Brockmeyer; Kent Korgenski; Eileen Jenkins; Jan Pierce; Judy A. Daly We describe 3 cases of Ochrobactrum anthropi meningitis following the implantation of pericardial allograft tissue to cover dural defects following craniotomy. Following...

...Tai-Ngar Lui; Shih-Tseng Lee An 11-year-old girl with repeated pneumococcal meningitis after head injury is reported. High resolution CT scan with metrizamide cisternogram disclosed a fracture in petrous bone with collection of contrast medium in middle ear. Operative repair of the dura defect...

...Nevin W. Wilson; Brian Copeland; John F. Bastian To define the clinical features of posttraumatic meningitis in the pediatric age group, we have reviewed 7 cases presenting to Children’s Hospital – San Diego between 1981 and February 1988. Ages ranged from 3 to 16 years with 4 of the 7 patients...

...Michael P. Feely; Jay Levy; Marylou Schreiner A congenital dermal sinus, extending intradurally, was discovered in a 62-year-old man without previous symptoms referrable to this condition. Congenital dermal sinus Meningitis Spinal dysraphism Pediair Neurosurg 1990-91; 16:258-259 Congenital...

...James T. Wilson; Sander W. Leivy; Robert A. Sofferman; Steven L. Wald The Mondini dysplasia represents a developmental arrest during the embryogenesis of the inner ear. The malformation, commonly associated with deafness, is frequently heralded by meningitis secondary to communication of the middle...

... mouth. The shunt device was removed and an external shunt procedure was achieved, using the original ventricular catheter kept in place. The diagnosis of bacterial meningitis was retained and an antibiotic therapy was started. The evolution was fatal in 15 days secondary to a bacterial ventriculitis...

... bacterial meningitis. The six most frequently encountered clinical features included: (1) fever in 22 (79%) patients; (2) disturbed consciousness in 16 (57%) patients; (3) papilledema in 11 (39%) patients; (4) hemiparesis in 4 (14%) patients; (5) meningismus or meningeal signs in 4 (14%) patients, and (6...

... or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Adherence, bacterial Bacteria Ventriculoperitoneal shunts Meningitis Hydrophobicity Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunts are used in the treatment of hydrocephalus, a well-known...

... ventriculocisternostomy Hydrocephalus Indications Intraventricular hemorrhage Meningitis The application of neuroendoscopic techniques to Dandy’s original third ventriculocisternostomy procedure [ 1 ]has led to the evolution of endoscopic third ventriculocisternostomy (ETV) as the treatment of choice...

... (temperature >38.5°C). Of these children, 62% had lumbar punctures. Ten cases had positive CSF growth, of which 6 cases were felt to have actual meningitis. Patients with CSF growth had a significantly longer prior duration of steroid therapy and higher maximum temperature peaks. CSF pleocytosis and an ill...

.... Dermal sinus tract Cervical Thoracic Intraspinal mass Meningitis Split cord malformation On initial examination, eight of nine patients had existing cutaneous abnormalities or surgical scar overlying the site of a previously described abnormality. Findings included dimples (patients 4 and 5...

... during the last 50 years. Thirty-eight percent of these had neurological infection (meningitis or abscess), 22% had purely local infection and 40% were uncomplicated at the time of diagnosis. The incidence of infection was low during the first year of life. MRI was highly valuable to study the extent...