Risk factors for adult nosocomial meningitis after craniotomy: Role of antibiotic prophylaxis

Neurosurgery

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 126-132

  Korinek, Anne Marie ^a,b   Baugnon, Thomas ^a   Golmard, Jean Louis ^a   Van Effenterre, Rémy ^a   Coriat, Pierre ^a   Puybasset, Louis ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Hop Pitie Salpetriere   (France)

Author keywords

Antibiotic prophylaxis; Cerebrospinal fluid leakage; Craniotomy; Nosocomial meningitis; Risk factors for infection

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM; BRAIN VENTRICULITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CRANIOTOMY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCISION; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CRANIOTOMY; CROSS INFECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUBDURAL EFFUSION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33745773955     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000220477.47323.92     Document Type: Article

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