Sonication of catheter tips for improved detection of microorganisms on external ventricular drains and ventriculo-peritoneal shunts

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 578-582

  Jost, Gregory F ^a   Wasner, Morten ^a   Taub, Ethan ^a   Walti, Laura ^b   Mariani, Luigi ^a   Trampuz, Andrej ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

External ventricular drain; Infection; Meningitis; Shunt; Sonication

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND; VENTRICULOSTOMY CATHETER; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; BACTERIA; BIOFILM; CATHETER; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; DEVICES; DRAINAGE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MENINGITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; SONICATION; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896077755     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2013.05.025     Document Type: Article

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