Late shunt infection: Incidence, pathogenesis, and therapeutic implications

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 169-173

  Vinchon, Matthieu ^a   Lemaitre, M P ^a   Vallee L ^a   Dhellemmes, P ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Intestinal Perforation; Late Shunt Infection; Purulent Meningitis; Ventriculo Peritoneal Shunt

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAEMOPHILUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LISTERIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOGENESIS; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNT INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036695434     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-34490     Document Type: Article

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