Cytochemical and microbiological testing of CSF and catheter in patients with closed continuous drainage via a lumbar sub-arachnoid catheter for treatment or prevention of CSF fistula

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 237-242

  Puzzilli, Fabrizio ^a,b   Mastronardi, Luciano ^a   Farah, Jibril Osman ^a   Ruggeri, Andrea ^a   Lunardi, Pierpaolo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid drainage; Cerebrospinal fluid fistula; Lumbar subarachnoid catheter

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CATHETER; CAUDA EQUINA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MYELITIS; NERVE ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIA; CATHETERIZATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FISTULA; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 0032451129     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01105778     Document Type: Article

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