Cerebrospinal fluid eosinophilia associated with intraventricular shunts

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 345-349

  Bezerra, Sofia ^a   Frigeri, Thomas More ^a   Severo, Carlos Marcelo ^a   Santana, João Carlos Batista ^a   Graeff Teixeira, Carlos ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Eosinophilia; Hydrocephalus; Propioniumbacterium acnes; Shunt; Silicone; Staphylococcus epidermidis

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EOSINOPHILIA; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; PROPHYLAXIS; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TETRAVENTRICULAR HYDROCEPHALUS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VENTRICULOATRIAL SHUNT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EOSINOPHILIA; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; SILICONES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 79955835066     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2011.03.005     Document Type: Review

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