Efficacy of silver nanoparticles-impregnated external ventricular drain catheters in patients with acute occlusive hydrocephalus

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 360-365

  Lackner, Peter ^a   Beer, Ronny ^a   Broessner, Gregor ^a   Helbok, Raimund ^a   Galiano, Klaus ^a   Pleifer, Claudia ^b   Pfausler, Bettina ^a   Brenneis, Christian ^a   Huck, Christian ^c   Engelhardt, Klaus ^a   Obwegeser, Alois A ^a   Schmutzhard, Erich ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Catheter related infection; Hydrocephalus; Silver; Ventriculitis; Ventriculostomy

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLE; OCTENISEPT; SILVER; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; METAL NANOPARTICLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAIN VENTRICULITIS; CATHETER; CATHETER INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAIN; DRUG EFFICACY; EXTERNAL VENTRICULAR DRAINAGE CATHETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MATERIAL COATING; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SILVER IMPREGNATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ENCEPHALITIS; INDWELLING CATHETER; INFECTION; INSTRUMENTATION; INTENSIVE CARE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CRITICAL CARE; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; SILVER; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 51449102583     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-008-9071-1     Document Type: Article

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