| delayed cerebrospinal-fluid shunt infection in children. | twelve patients with shunt infection occurring more than 6 months following shunt implantation or revision were identified and their charts reviewed. these cases were accumulated over a 9-year period, and delays from shunt surgery to detection were as long as 11 years. for 5 patients, no antecedent infection or surgery could be identified as a presumptive cause of the shunt infection. propionibacterium species and staphylococcus epidermidis species were the most common organisms identified. the ... | 1989 | 2702349 |