Repeat cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection: Recurrence, relapse, repeat or reinfection?

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 167-

  Erşahin, Yusuf ^a   McLone, David G ^b  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LETTER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MICROORGANISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REINFECTION; RELAPSE; SHUNT INFECTION; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 18344373501     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000048376     Document Type: Letter

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4. Urinary tract infections