SHUNT NEPHRITIS A RARE COMPLITACION O VENTRIULAR - ATRIAL SHUNTS: CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERTURE

Shunt nephritis is a rare complication in patients with ventricular atrial shunt (VAS) infection, used in the treatment of congenital or acquired hydrocephalus (1). Nevertheless, nowadays its incidence has decreased considerably, affecting only 0,7 ? 2.25% of all the patients with ventricular atrial shunt (2,3). It is thought that shunt nephritis is due to the formation of immune complexes, which d eposits on the glomerular base membrane in the kidney, because of a chronic bacteremia (5). A good prognosis of this pathology is achieved if an early antibiotic treatment is established, and the infected shunt is removed.