Relationship between bacterial colonization of external cerebrospinal fluid drains and secondary meningitis: A retrospective analysis of an 8-year period - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1309-1313

  Hetem, Davi D J ^a   Woerdeman, Peter A ^b   Bonten, Marc J M ^a   Ekkelenkamp, Miquel B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacterial colonization; Cerebrospinal fluid drainage; Drain related infection; Secondary meningitis

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; FLUCLOXACILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; DRAINAGE; HUMANS; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 78650157683     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.6.JNS10258     Document Type: Article

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