Successful antibiotic eradication of Streptococcus pneumoniae infection of a ventriculoatrial shunt
Received 28 February 2008; accepted 14 July 2008. published online 24 October 2008.
Summary
A case of Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis in a possibly immune-compromised child with a ventriculoatrial shunt is described. The infection was successfully eradicated by treatment with intravenous ceftriaxone and rifampicin, without removal of the shunt.
Corresponding Editor: William Cameron, Ottawa, Canada
Department of Pediatrics C, Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikva and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Corresponding author. Department of Pediatrics C, Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel, 14 Kaplan Street, Petach Tikva 49202, Israel. Tel.: +972 3 925 3775; fax: +972 3 925 3801.
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