Risk factors for first cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection: Findings from a multi-center prospective cohort study

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 164, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Simon, Tamara D ^a,b   Butler, Jeremiah ^c   Whitlock, Kathryn B ^b   Browd, Samuel R ^a   Holubkov, Richard ^c   Kestle, John R W ^c   Kulkarni, Abhaya V ^d   Langley, Marcie ^c   Limbrick, David D ^e   Mayer Hamblett, Nicole ^a,b   Tamber, Mandeep ^f   Wellons, John C ^g   Whitehead, William E ^h   Riva Cambrin, Jay ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^h BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROLOGICAL ENDOSCOPE; PATIENT HISTORY OF NEUROSURGERY; PEDIATRIC SURGEON; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SHUNT INFECTION; STOMACH TUBE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; REOPERATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84901501759     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.02.013     Document Type: Article

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