First Report of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Infection due to Cyberlindnera fabianii

Fungal infections in the central nervous system (CNS) are associated with significant morbidity and death. Transient fungemia in immunocompetent patients without any other risk factors for fungemia has been suggested as a possible mechanism that may lead to serious fungal ventriculoperitoneal (VP) s...

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Main Authors: Jonathan Baghdadi, Peera Hemarajata, Romney Humphries, Theodoros Kelesidis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/630816