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  • Title: Late shunt infections.
    Author: Baird C, O'Connor D, Pittman T.
    Journal: Pediatr Neurosurg; 1999 Nov; 31(5):269-73. PubMed ID: 10681682.
    Abstract:
    We reviewed the records of the 957 shunt-related operations performed at Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital over a 10-year period. During that time, 94 shunt infections were recognized. Eight of the infections occurred more than 9 months postoperatively. These differed from early infections in two ways: (1) Staphylococcus aureus was not found to be a pathogen in any late infection. (2) Abdominal pseudocysts were much more frequently found in patients with late-developing infections. In addition, the pathogens involved and the temporal distribution of cases suggest most infections that occur more than 9 months postoperatively are more likely caused by secondary bacterial seeding than by bacterial inoculation at the time of operation.
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