Continuous antibiotic prophylaxis and cerebral spinal fluid infection in patients with intracranial pressure monitors

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-68

  Flibotte, John J ^a   Kim, En Lee ^a   Koroshetz, Walter J ^a   Rosand, Jonathan ^a   McDonald, Colin T ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b South Shore Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Cerebrospinal fluid; Infection; Intracranial pressure; Prophylaxis; Ventriculostomy

Indexed keywords

NAFCILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NAFCILLIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 24644489126     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/NCC:1:1:61     Document Type: Article

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