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Case Reports
. 1977 Jan-Mar;4(1):9-11.
doi: 10.1097/00007435-197701000-00003.

Gonococcal meningitis and ventriculitis in the presence of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt

R C Noble, R M Cooper
Case Reports

Gonococcal meningitis and ventriculitis in the presence of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt

R C Noble et al. Sex Transm Dis. 1977 Jan-Mar.

Abstract

This report describes a young woman with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt who developed gonococcal meningitis and ventriculitis. Her infection responded to treatment with antimicrobial agents without removal of the shunt.

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