How long should cerebrospinal fluid cultures be held to detect shunt infections? Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 184-189

  Desai, Atman ^a,b   Lollis, Stuart Scott ^a   Missios, Symeon ^a   Radwan, Tarek ^a   Zuaro, Deborah E ^b   Schwarzman, Joseph D ^b   Duhaime, Ann Christine ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Culture; Hydrocephalus; Infection; Meningitis; Shunt hardware

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SHUNT INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL PUNCTURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349201155     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.4.PEDS08279     Document Type: Article

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