Perfil microbiológico en pacientes de 0 a 5 años del área de neurocirugía que presentaron disfunción valvular ventrículo peritoneal en el Hospital Francisco Icaza Bustamante entre los años 2016 a 2019.

Abstract

Currently, the use of valves has made it possible to gradually solve hydrocephalus, using the bypass of the peritoneal ventricle, thus generating a liquid drainage called ventriculostomy. In the present research work, an analysis was carried out regarding the cases registered in patients aged 0 to 5 years in the neurosurgery area who presented peritoneal ventricular valve dysfunction at the Francisco Icaza Bustamante Hospital during the years 2016 to 2019, by reviewing the clinical records and database of these patients to obtain a microbiological profile presented by dysfunction. Among the most outstanding results, it was obtained that the main isolated agent present in these cases is Staphylococcus aereus. The most frequently presented complication in pediatric patients aged 0-1 year was infection of the atrial ventricular shunt followed by obstruction by sloughs and disconnection block. Therefore, approximately one third of children under one year of age with hydrocephalus who have undergone surgery suffer from V-P shunt infection, with an incidence established by medical literature.