Antibiotic prophylaxis for surgical introduction of intracranial ventricular shunts

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2010, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Ratilal, Bernardo O ^a   Costa, João ^b   Sampaio, Cristina ^c  

^a HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOSÉ   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; WOUND INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 33750099605     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005365.pub2     Document Type: Article

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