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Mycobacterium fortuitum as a cause of acute CNS infection in an immune-competent girl undergoing repeated VP shunt surgeries

We present the case of a 14-year-old immune-competent girl with ventriculoperitoneal shunt who was repeatedly hospitalised with meningeal signs despite repeated shunt revision surgeries. Eventually Mycobacterium fortuitum was isolated and the patient improved after specific treatment. M. fortuitum i...

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Publié dans:BMJ Case Rep
Auteurs principaux: Xess, Ashit Bhusan, Bala, Kiran, Panigrahy, Aashirwad, Singh, Urvashi
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6506066/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30992281
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2018-226900
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