PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Walid I. El-Naggar
AU  - Ali Y. Mersal
AU  - Irfan A. Mamoun
TI  - Ascites as first presentation of ventriculo-peritoneal shunt infection in a neonate
DP  - 2005 Jan 01
TA  - Neurosciences Journal
PG  - 99--100
VI  - 10
IP  - 1
4099  - http://nsj.org.sa/content/10/1/99.short
4100  - http://nsj.org.sa/content/10/1/99.full
SO  - Neurosciences (Riyadh)2005 Jan 01; 10
AB  - Infection is a common complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunts, and ascites is one of the rare manifestations of shunt infection. We report a neonate in whom shunt infection is presented only by ascites. The causative organism, coagulase negative staphylococci, was detected only in the cerebrospinal fluid although peritoneal fluid analysis was consistent with infection. Our patient shows the importance of considering shunt infection when unexplained ascites is the first and only manifestation in neonates with ventriculoperitoneal shunts.