Successful treatment of cryptococcal ventriculoatrial shunt infection with systemic therapy alone

Neurosurgery. 1988 Sep;23(3):372-3. doi: 10.1227/00006123-198809000-00017.

Abstract

We report successful treatment of a cryptococcal ventriculoatrial shunt infection with antifungal therapy without shunt removal.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / adverse effects*
  • Cryptococcus
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hydrocephalus / etiology
  • Hydrocephalus / surgery*
  • Meningitis / drug therapy*
  • Meningitis / microbiology
  • Obesity / complications
  • Papilledema / complications*

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents