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  • Title: Delayed external ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection.
    Author: Owen R, Pittman T.
    Journal: J Ky Med Assoc; 2004 Aug; 102(8):349-52. PubMed ID: 15384385.
    Abstract:
    Infection is a common complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement. About 10% of shunt infections are found more than one year after operation. We recently treated two children with what appears to be a unique manifestation of late shunt infection: chronic, draining sinuses along the course of the shunt tubing. Neither child had a shunt malfunction or a CSF (cerebral spinal fluid) infection. The infections were external and responded to removal of the infected shunt system. These cases are described, and delayed and external shunt infections are discussed.
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