Infections in patients undergoing craniotomy: Risk factors associated with post-craniotomy meningitis

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1113-1119

  Kourbeti, Irene S ^a   Vakis, Antonis F ^b   Ziakas, Panayiotis ^c   Karabetsos, Dimitris ^b   Potolidis, Evangelos ^d   Christou, Silvana ^e   Samonis, George ^f  

^a General Hospital of Chalkida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d General Hospital of Volos   (Greece)

^e General Hospital of Nicosia   (Cyprus)

^f University Hospital of Heraklion   (United States)

Author keywords

Craniotomy; Infection; Meningitis; Surgical site infections; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84936805823     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.8.JNS132557     Document Type: Article

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