Does release of antimicrobial agents from impregnated external ventricular drainage catheters affect the diagnosis of ventriculitis?
OBJECT Recently concern has arisen over the effect of released antimicrobial agents from antibiotic-impregnated external ventricular drainage (EVD) catheters on the reliability of CSF culture for diagnosis of ventriculitis. The authors designed a laboratory study to investigate this possibility,...
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American Association of Neurological Surgeons
2015
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| Online Access: | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/45050/ |