Infection risk after a cerebrospinal fluid shunt, an analysis of 884 first-time shunts;Infektionsfrekvens ved ventilbehandling af hydrocephalus: En opgørelse af 884 ventiler

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 159, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 2867-2871

  Borgbjerg, Birgitte Molke ^a   Gjerris, Flemming ^a   Albeck, Michael J ^a   Børgesen, Svend Erik ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHILD; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031554123     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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