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ArticleChild's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery2022

Psychrobacter piechaudii shunt infection: first report of human infection.

Ashwin Kumaria, Shanika A Crusz, Michelle Lister, Matthew A Kirkman, Donald C Macarthur

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Article in Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ashwin KumariaDepartment of Paediatric Neurosurgery, Queen's Medical Centre, Derby Road, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK. Ashwin.Kumaria@doctors.org.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-8145-0374
Shanika A CruszDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK.
Michelle ListerDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK.
Matthew A KirkmanDepartment of Paediatric Neurosurgery, Queen's Medical Centre, Derby Road, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK.
Donald C MacarthurDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK.
Queen's Medical Centre · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Psychrobacter piechaudii is a recently described species of Gram-negative bacteria in the Moraxellaceae family. No cases of human infection due to this species have been described before. We report the case of an ex-premature infant girl with hydrocephalus secondary to intraventricular haemorrhage who underwent multiple cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt operations. She ultimately developed Psychrobacter piechaudii meningitis, presenting as ventriculoperitoneal shunt dysfunction and wound leak, which necessitated removal of the shunt, a period of external ventricular drainage and antibiotics. We found this organism to be sensitive to intravenous ceftazidime (50 mg/kg) and ciprofloxacin, and a 7-10 day treatment course prior to shunt re-insertion (and 3 week total course) was sufficient. The patient is well post-operatively. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of Psychrobacter piechaudii infection in a human.

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HydrocephalusPsychrobacterCerebrospinal Fluid ShuntsFemaleHumansInfantVentriculoperitoneal ShuntHydrocephalusPsychrobacter piechaudiiShunt infection

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PMID34713345
PMCPMC8553102
OpenAlexW3209474105

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