Does release of antimicrobial agents from impregnated external ventricular drainage catheters affect the diagnosis of ventriculitis?

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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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Main Authors:	Bayston, Roger, Ashraf, Waheed, Ortori, Catherine
Format:	Article
Published:	American Association of Neurological Surgeons 2015
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/45050/

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