Reinfection after treatment of first cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection: a prospective observational cohort study

OBJECTIVE: CSF shunt infection requires both surgical and antibiotic treatment. Surgical treatment includes either total shunt removal with external ventricular drain (EVD) placement followed by new shunt insertion, or distal shunt externalization followed by new shunt insertion once the CSF is ster...

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Published in:J Neurosurg Pediatr
Main Authors: Simon, Tamara D., Kronman, Matthew P., Whitlock, Kathryn B., Gove, Nancy E., Mayer-Hamblett, Nicole, Browd, Samuel R., Cochrane, D. Douglas, Holubkov, Richard, Kulkarni, Abhaya V., Langley, Marcie, Limbrick, David D., Luerssen, Thomas G., Oakes, W. Jerry, Riva-Cambrin, Jay, Rozzelle, Curtis, Shannon, Chevis, Tamber, Mandeep, Wellons, John C., Whitehead, William E., Kestle, John R. W.
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Language:Inglês
Published: 2018
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5880734/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29393813
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3171/2017.9.PEDS17112
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