SMJ Article | Multidisciplinary Clinical Case Study

Mycobacterium fortuitum Meningitis: Approach to Lumboperitoneal Shunt Infection

Mycobacterium fortuitum is a rare, opportunistic pathogen most frequently contracted through contact with a contaminated source. An immunocompetent 26-year-old female patient presented to our institution with an infected lumboperitoneal (LP) shunt presenting as continued nonhealing wounds. After multiple debridements, shunt revisions, and wound closure failures, infectious disease specialists were consulted....