External ventricular drain infections are independent of drain duration: An argument against elective revision

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 378-383

  Lo, Cheng H ^a   Spelman, Denis ^a   Bailey, Michael ^a   Cooper, D James ^a,b   Rosenfeld, Jeffrey V ^a,b   Brecknell, John E ^a,c  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c QUEEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter; External ventricular drain; Meningitis; Ventriculitis; Ventriculostomy

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID INFECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33847668440     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2007.106.3.378     Document Type: Article

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