Clinical review: Efficacy of antimicrobial-impregnated catheters in external ventricular drainage - a systematic review and meta-analysis

Critical Care

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Wang, Xiang ^a   Dong, Yan ^a   Qi, Xiang Qian ^a   Li, Yi Ming ^a   Huang, Cheng Guang ^a   Hou, Li Jun ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; MINOCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN; SILVER; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIMICROBIAL CATHETER; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID INFECTION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DRUG EFFICACY; EXTERNAL VENTRICULAR DRAINAGE; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; IMPREGNATED CATHETER; INFECTION RATE; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SPECTROSCOPY; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; DRAINAGE; MEDICAL DEVICE CONTAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; DRAINAGE; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84883302211     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc12608     Document Type: Review

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