Infections in patients with traumatic brain injury who undergo neurosurgery

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-15

  Kourbeti, Irene S ^a,b,c   Papadakis, John A ^a   Neophytou, Christodoulos ^a   Filippou, Maria ^a   Ioannou, Antonis ^a   Karabetsos, Dimitris A ^a   Bertsias, George ^a,b   Anastasaki, Maria ^a   Vakis, Antonis F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c Chalkida General Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

head injury; infections; meningitis; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN VENTRICULITIS; CATHETER ASSOCIATED BACTEREMIA; CATHETER INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCURRENT INFECTION; DEVICE INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPYEMA; EPIDURAL EMPYEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LIQUORRHEA; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENINGITIS; NEUROSURGERY; OSTEOMYELITIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHUNT INFECTION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL INFECTION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INJURIES; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951712770     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02688697.2010.500411     Document Type: Review

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