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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Publié dans:J Neurosurg Pediatr
Auteurs principaux: 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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Langue:Inglês
Publié: 2018
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Accès en ligne: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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