A Shunt Infection Caused by Francisella tularensis

1 January 1996

journal article
case report
Published by S. Karger AG in Pediatric Neurosurgery

Vol. 24 (1) , 50-51
https://doi.org/10.1159/000121014

Abstract

We report the first case of a child with a shunt infection caused by Francisella tularensis, the causative agent of tularemia. This patient is also unique in that the disease was limited to the central nervous system.

Keywords

CHILD
SHUNT INFECTION
INFECTION CAUSED
NERVOUS
TULAREMIA
FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS
TULARENSIS WE REPORT