The impact of antibiotic-impregnated catheters on ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 393-396

  Sorar, Mehmet ^a   Er, Uygur ^b   Özişik, Pinar ^b   Özeren, Ersin ^a   Şimşek, Serkan ^a  

^a Department of Neurosurgery Clinic Dişkapi Education and Research Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

^b Koru Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antibiotic impregnated catheter; Cerebrospinal fluid diversion; Ventricular catheter; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; RIFAMPICIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIMICROBIAL CATHETER; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHUNT INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 84897878722     PISSN: 13000144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/sag-1306-15     Document Type: Article

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