Deep brain stimulation hardware-related infections: A report of 12 cases and review of the literature

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1020-1023

  Fily, Fabien ^a   Haegelen, Claire ^a   Tattevin, Pierre ^a   Buffet Bataillon, Sylvie ^a   Revest, Matthieu ^a   Cady, Anne ^a   Michelet, Christian ^a  

^a PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CLOXACILLIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION HARDWARE RELATED INFECTION; DEVICE INFECTION; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENERATOR; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MICROCOCCUS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BRAIN; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCOCCUS; MIDDLE AGED; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79953907325     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir065     Document Type: Article

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