The management of neurosurgical patients with postoperative bacterial or aseptic meningitis or external ventricular drain-associated ventriculitis. Infection in Neurosurgery Working Party of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 7-12

  Brown, E M ^a   De Louvois, J ^b   Bayston, R ^c   Lees, P D ^d   Pople, I K ^a  

^a FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Neurosurgery management; Postoperative infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN VENTRICULITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHUNT INFECTION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

EID: 0034061622     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690042834     Document Type: Review

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