Multiloculated hydrocephalus related to cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 714-719

  Jamjoom, A B ^a   Mohammed, A A ^a   Al Boukai, A ^a   Jamjoom, Z A ^a   Rahman, N ^a   Jamjoom, H T ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection; Intraventricular septations; Multiloculated hydrocephalus; Ventriculoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN VENTRICLE HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISABILITY; DISEASE DURATION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFECTION; MALE; MENINGITIS; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SHUNT INFECTION;

EID: 0029815738     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01411477     Document Type: Article

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