Nosocomial ventriculitis and meningitis in neurocritical care patients

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 255, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1617-1624

  Beer, R ^a   Lackner, P ^a   Pfausler, B ^a   Schmutzhard, E ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Central nervous system infection; External ventricular drainage; Meningitis; Neurological critical care; Ventriculitis

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANIDULAFUNGIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CASPOFUNGIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; DAPTOMYCIN; ECHINOCANDIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; FLUCONAZOLE; FOSFOMYCIN; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; NANOPARTICLE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; SILVER; VANCOMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ALGORITHM; ANASTOMOSIS; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VENTRICULITIS; CANDIDIASIS; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG PENETRATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFLAMMATION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LIQUORRHEA; MENINGITIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; NEUROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUPERINFECTION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ALGORITHMS; CATHETERIZATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CRITICAL CARE; CROSS INFECTION; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMANS; MENINGITIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 58549115066     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-008-0059-8     Document Type: Review

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