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Evaluation of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Infections in Children

Çocuklarda Ventriküloperitoneal Şant Enfeksiyonlarının Değerlendirilmesi

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Simple measures to be applied meticulously during surgery can significantly reduce the infection rate.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Objective: Ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) infection is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in both adults and children with hydro-cephalus.
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Key Findings & Data:Material and Methods: Medical records of the patients, who were treat-ed with a diagnosis of VPS infection in the Farabi Hospital of Karadeniz Technical University Medical Faculty between 2012-2018, were reviewed retrospectively.
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Conclusion & Impact:Simple measures to be applied meticulously during surgery can significantly reduce the infection rate.
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📍Scope:2012-2018 Verileri
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Abstract

Objective: Ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) infection is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in both adults and children with hydro-cephalus. Inappropriately treated shunt infections may cause of mental retardation, neurological deficits and also death in patients. The aim of this study was to determine the demographic characteristics, the causes of hydrocephalus, microorganisms responsible for infection, antibiotic susceptibility of microorganisms and treatment modalities of the pedi-atric patients treated with VPS infection. Material and Methods: Medical records of the patients, who were treat-ed with a diagnosis of VPS infection in the Farabi Hospital of Karadeniz Technical University Medical Faculty between 2012-2018, were reviewed retrospectively. Results: Ventriculoperitoneal shunt was implemented in 362 children. In the follow-up of 26 patients, 29 VPS infection episodes were developed. The most common causes of VPS infection were congenital malforma-tion. Stapylococcus epidermidis (34.5%), Enterococcus faecium (13.8%), Escherichia coli (10.3%), Serratia liquefaciens (6.9%), Bacillus megaterium (6.9%), Stapylococcus aureus (3.4%), Klebsiella pneumoniae (3.4%), Can-dida albicans (3.4%) were yielded in the cerebrospinal fluid. Insertion of an extraventricular drain (EVD) was applied five patients, insertion of an extraventricular drain and removal of the infected shunt was applied 13 patients. Of the eight patients whose shunt had not been removed, VPS re-infection was developed in three patients. VPS re-inserted in 12 pa-tients. Three patients died. Conclusion: The treatment of shunt infections is substantially difficult and consequently have high economic costs. Venticuloperitoneal shunt infections may be presented silent. Suspicion of VPS infection is very important for diagnosis. Simple measures to be applied meticulously during surgery can significantly reduce the infection rate.

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Giriş: Ventriküloperitoneal şant (VPŞ) enfeksiyonları, hidrosefali nede-niyle şant takılan erişkin ve çocuk hastalarda, morbidite ve mortalitenin önemli nedenlerinden biridir. Hızlı ve uygun tedavi edilmeyen şant en-feksiyonları, hastalarda zeka geriliğine, nörolojik hasarlara, hatta ölüme neden olabilmektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı VPŞ takılmış ve şant enfeksi-yonu nedeniyle tedavi edilmiş çocuk hastaların demografik özellikleri-ni, hidrosefali nedenlerini, enfeksiyondan sorumlu mikroorganizmaları, mikroorganizmaların antibiyotik duyarlılıklarını ve uygulanan tedavileri ortaya koymaktır. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Farabi Hastanesi’nde 2012-2018 tarihleri arasında VPŞ enfeksiyonu tanısı ile yatarak tedavi gören 1 ay-18 yaş arası hastaların dosyaları ve bilgisayar kayıtları geriye dönük olarak incelendi. Bulgular: Üç yüz altmış iki çocuk hastaya VPŞ takılmıştı. Yirmi altı hasta-nın izleminde, 29 (%8) kez VPŞ enfeksiyonu geliştiği görüldü. Şant takıl-ma nedenleri arasında en sık konjenital nedenler vardı. Beyin omurilik sıvısı (BOS) kültüründe sırasıyla Staphylococcus epidermidis (%34.5), En-terococcus faecium (%13.8), Escherichia coli (%10.3), Serratia liquefaciens (%6.9), Bacillus megaterium (%6.9), Staphylococcus aureus (%3.4), Kleb-siella pneumoniae (%3.4), Candida albicans (%3.4) üredi. Beş hastanın şantı eksternal drenaja alındı. On üç hastanın şantı çekilip, eksternal dre-naj uygulandı. Şantı değiştirilmeyen sekiz hastanın üçünde tekrar şant enfeksiyonu gelişti. Hiçbir hastaya intraventriküler tedavi uygulanmadı. On iki hastaya yeniden şant takıldı. İzlemde toplam üç hasta kaybedildi. Sonuç: Şant enfeksiyonlarının tedavisi oldukça zordur ve buna bağlı ola-rak yüksek maliyete sahiptir. Ventiküloperitoneal şant enfeksiyonlarında klinik sessiz olabilir. Şüphelenmek tanı için çok önemlidir. Cerrahi sırasın-da titizlikle uygulanacak basit önlemler enfeksiyon oranını önemli ölçüde azaltabilir.

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AYDIN, Z. G. G., AYDEMİR, D., ARSLAN, E. A., ÖZKAYA, E., KAMAŞAK, T., SEVİM, Ş. M., GÜVERCİN, A. R., UĞUR, Ö. Y., ARSLAN, E., ÇAKIR, E., BOZACI, A. C. (2018). Evaluation of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Infections in Children. Çocuk Enfeksiyon Dergisi, Cilt: 12 - Sayı: 4, 147–152. https://ajindex.com/articles/160845

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