Clinical parameters do not predict infection in patients with external ventricular drains: A retrospective observational study of daily cerebrospinal fluid analysis

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 207-209

  Muttaiyah, Sharmini ^a   Ritchie, Stephen ^a   Upton, Arlo ^a   Roberts, Sally ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAIN VENTRICULITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DEVICE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EXTERNAL VENTRICULAR DRAIN; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 38949211109     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47518-0     Document Type: Article

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