Psychrobacter piechaudii shunt infection: first report of human infection

xlomafota13 shared this article with you from Inoreader Psychrobacter piechaudii shunt infection: first report of human infection Via leak of cerebrospinal fluid Childs Nerv Syst. 2021 Oct 28. doi: 10.1007/s00381-021-05401-7. Online ahead of print. 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 knowledg e, this is the first reported case of Psychrobacter piechaudii infection in a human. PMID:34713345 | DOI:10.1007/s00381-021-05401-7 View on the web Inoreader. Take back control of your news feed. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.