A simple method to reduce infection of ventriculoperitoneal shunts: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 569-572

  Rehman, Atiq Ur ^a   Rehman, Tausif Ur ^b   Bashir, Hassaan H ^c   Gupta, Vikas ^b  

^a King Fahd Specialist Hospital Buraidah   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Congenital hydrocephalus; Glove change; Infection; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFECTION OF VENTRICULOPERITONEAL INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHUNT INFECTION; SKIN FLORA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CROSS INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 77953142129     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.2.PEDS09151     Document Type: Article

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