Infections associated with indwelling ventriculostomy catheters in a teaching hospital

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Chi, Hsin ^a,b   Chang, Kuan Yu ^a   Chang, Hong Chang ^a   Chiu, Nan Chang ^a,b   Huang, Fu Yuan ^a  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NURSING AND MANAGEMENT COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Central nervous system infection; Indwelling catheter; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Risk; Ventriculostomy

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANASTOMOSIS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN TUMOR; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRAIN; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENCE; INDWELLING CATHETER; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 77949327978     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.04.006     Document Type: Article

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