Gonococcal Meningitis and Intra-Abdominal Abscess in the Presence of a Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt

We report a case of gonococcal meningitis with an intraabdominal abscess in a 19-y-old woman, who had a ventriculoperitoneal shunt after craniotomy for astrocytoma. Percutaneous drainage was performed for the intraabdominal abscess. Ceftriaxone was administered with the ventriculoperitoneal shunt re...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases 2000, Vol.32 (5), p.567-569
Hauptverfasser:	LIN, Ming-Feng, LAU, Yeu-Jun, HU, Bor-Shen, SHI, Zhi-Yuan, LIN, Yu-Hui
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Abdominal Abscess - microbiology Adult Bacterial diseases Bacterial diseases of the nervous system. Bacterial myositis Biological and medical sciences ceftriaxone Female Gonorrhea - complications Gonorrhea - microbiology Human bacterial diseases Humans Infectious diseases Medical sciences Meningitis, Bacterial - microbiology Neisseria gonorrhoeae Neisseria gonorrhoeae - isolation & purification Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt
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Zusammenfassung:	We report a case of gonococcal meningitis with an intraabdominal abscess in a 19-y-old woman, who had a ventriculoperitoneal shunt after craniotomy for astrocytoma. Percutaneous drainage was performed for the intraabdominal abscess. Ceftriaxone was administered with the ventriculoperitoneal shunt removal. The clinical course improved, but visual impairment last for 3 months following treatment.
ISSN:	0036-5548 1651-1980
DOI:	10.1080/003655400458938