Shunt infections: a review and analysis of a personal series

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2018, Pages 1915-1924

  Kanangi, Santosh Mohan Rao ^a   Balasubramaniam, Chidambaram ^a  

^a KANCHI KAMAKOTI CHILDS TRUST HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiotic therapy; Cerebrospinal fluid; CNS infections; CSF infections; Hydrocephalus; Shunt infection; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COLISTIN; GENTAMICIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASCITES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOLOGY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOCYST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SHUNT INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; ULTRASOUND; ADVERSE EVENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; INFECTION;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS;

EID: 85049554522     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: 14330350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-018-3890-y     Document Type: Review

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