Recurrent meningitis after cysto-sphenoidostomy surgery for craniopharyngioma healed with removal of the implanted catheter

J Neurosurg Sci. 2019 Dec;63(6):746-748. doi: 10.23736/S0390-5616.18.04314-X. Epub 2018 Feb 23.

Authors

Alberto Balestrino¹, Pietro Fiaschi², Alessandro Prior², Diego Criminelli Rossi², Gianluigi Zona²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Neuroscience, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal-Infantile Sciences (DINOGMI), San Martino University Hospital IRCCS, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy - [email protected].
² Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Neuroscience, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal-Infantile Sciences (DINOGMI), San Martino University Hospital IRCCS, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.

PMID: 29480686
DOI: 10.23736/S0390-5616.18.04314-X

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Catheter-Related Infections*
Catheters, Indwelling / adverse effects
Craniopharyngioma / surgery*
Device Removal
Enterobacteriaceae Infections / etiology
Female
Humans
Meningitis, Bacterial / etiology*
Morganella morganii
Pituitary Neoplasms / surgery*
Postoperative Complications / etiology*