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PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL
Volume 29, Issue 5, Pages 475-477Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181c94c8b
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ventriculoperitoneal shunt; otitis; Shewanella
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We present a case of ventriculitis and peritonitis in a child with ventriculoperitoneal shunt, which occurred 5 years after the surgery. The infection developed after contact with seawater and began as otitis. For the first time, Shewanella algae, a marine microorganism, was identified as the cause of ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection.
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