Cerebrospinal fluid shunt infections in infants and children in Mobile, Alabama

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 667-670

  Mancao, M ^a,b   Miller, C ^a   Cochrane, B ^a   Hoff, C ^a   Sauter, K ^a   Weber, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection; Children; Hydrocephalus; Infants; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SHUNT INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ALABAMA; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0031849513     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/080352598750014085     Document Type: Article

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