To avoid infections at the shunt site, the area should be kept clean
IV antibiotics are the usual method. In bad infections it may have to be undone and the bits taken out and a new shunt created. This is often a bad infection and can be fatal.
To avoid infections at the shunt site, the area should be kept clean. Cerebrospinal fluid should be checked periodically by the doctor
When infection or disease causes an excess of CSF in the ventricles, the shunt is placed to drain it and thereby relieve excess pressure
bacteria
PDA
A shunt resistor is used to carry a majority of the electrical current away from the outlet. This causes the risks of electric shock to be down significantly, but still not completely gone.
Bacteria.
lack of calcium
viral infections
E. coli infections cause most of the enterobacterial infections in the United States
The bacteria and all of the germs come together and cause the infections in your intestine