Efficacy of prophylactic intraventricular vancomycin in patients with ventriculostomy;Eficacia del tratamiento profiláctico de vancomicina intraventricular en pacientes con derivación ventricular al exterior

Archivos de Neurociencias

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 128-132

  Morales García, Victor Daniel ^a   Garza Mercado, Román ^a   Tamez Montes, Dagoberto ^a   Martínez Ponce De León, Ángel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR JOSÉ ELEUTERIO GONZÁLEZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Prophylactic vancomycin; Vancomycin; Ventriculostomy

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; PROPHYLAXIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 33750060305     PISSN: 01874705     EISSN: 01874705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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