Retrospective Analysis of Clinical Features in Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Infectionsin Adults

Completed

Conditions studied: Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt, Infection

In brief

The objectives of this study are: * To describe the incidence of clinical features in adults with internal ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt infections, * To determine the validity of laboratory parameters in adults with internal ventriculoperitoneal shunt infections and * To evaluate the relationship between the timing of shunt re-implantation with the rates of relapse and secondary infection.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00524108

Run by

University of Pittsburgh

People needed

350

Starts

2007-08-01

Expected to finish

2010-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-08-16

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Adults (age >= 18 yrs) with VP shunts (ventriculoatrial [VA], and other cerebrospinal fluid [CSF] catheters will not be included).
• Cases will include patients with a diagnosis of VP shunt infection.
• Controls will be patients with a clinical suspicion of shunt infections with negative CSF cultures.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients with meningitis from community acquired organisms (e.g. Streptococcus pneumoniae, Neisseria meningitidis, Listeria monocytogenes and Haemophilus Influenzae).

Where it is running

• University of Pittsburgh Medical Center — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

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