Cerebrospinal fluid eosinophilia in children with ventricular shunts

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 288-295

  Fulkerson, Daniel H ^a   Boaz, Joel C ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid shunt; Eosinophil; Hydrocephalus; Infection; Shunt malfunction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; DEVICE INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EOSINOPHILIA; EQUIPMENT; EXTRAVASATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SHUNT INFECTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VENTRICULAR SHUNT;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFECTION; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 42149167381     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/PED/2008/1/4/288     Document Type: Article

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