Efficacy of antibiotic-impregnated external ventricular drains in reducing ventriculostomy-associated infections

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 765-768

  Mikhaylov, Yana ^a   Wilson, Thomas J ^a   Rajajee, Venkatakrishna ^a   Gregory Thompson, B ^a   Maher, Cormac O ^a   Sullivan, Stephen E ^a   Jacobs, Teresa L ^a   Kocan, Mary J ^a   Pandey, Aditya S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; External ventricular drain; Ventriculitis; Ventriculostomy catheter; Ventriculostomy associated infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE CONTAMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRAINAGE; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 84898599428     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2013.09.002     Document Type: Article

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