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  • Title: Cryptococcal ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection.
    Author: Viereck MJ, Chalouhi N, Krieger DI, Judy KD.
    Journal: J Clin Neurosci; 2014 Nov; 21(11):2020-1. PubMed ID: 25220283.
    Abstract:
    The standard treatment of hydrocephalus is placement of a ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt. While infection is a common complication, rarely are fungal organisms implicated. Cryptococcus neoformans has been reported in only nine cases of shunt infection to our knowledge. The timing from shunt placement to symptom onset varies widely from 10 days to 15 months. We present a patient who developed a cryptococcal infection of his VP shunt more than two decades following shunt placement.
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