Risk factors for infections related to external ventricular drainage

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 209-214

  Hoefnagel, D ^a   Dammers, R ^a   Ter Laak Poort, M P ^a   Avezaat, C J J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Central nervous system infection; External ventricular drainage; Meningitis; Protocol; Ventriculitis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFAZOLIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN;

ACINETOBACTER; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBELLUM INFARCTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COLLOID CYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; DRAINAGE; ENCEPHALITIS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LATERAL VENTRICLES; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 40849112896     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-007-1458-9     Document Type: Article

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