Shunt infection
Infection of a shunt is an important complication, which can occur:
- at the ventricular end causing ventriculitis
- at the atrial end causing septicaemia
- at the peritoneal end causing peritonitis
Shunt infection falls into two major groups:
- infection within six or eight weeks of insertion
- later infection, which is much less common
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