Shunt nephritis is a rare complication in patients with ventricular atrial shunt (VAS) infection, used in the treatment of congenital or acquired hydrocephalus (1). Nevertheless, nowadays its incidence has decreased considerably, affecting only 0,7 – 2.25% of all the patients with ventricular atrial shunt (2,3). It is thought that shunt nephritis is due to the formation of immune complexes, which d eposits on the glomerular base membrane in the kidney, because of a chronic bacteremia (5). A good prognosis of this pathology is achieved if an early antibiotic treatment is established, and the infected shunt is removed
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Author Name: Daniel Sebastián Contento*, Juan Esteban Muñoz, Carolina Cortés, Sebastián Toro & Erik Muñoz Rodríguez
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Keywords: Nephirits, shunt, hydrocephalus
ISSN: 2349 - 5340
EISSN: 2349 - 5340
EOI/DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.264232
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