Multiple recurrent gram-negative cerebrospinal fluid shunt infections associated with a patient with a retained ventricular foreign body.

Shingadia, D; Grant, J; Bendet, M; Shulman, S T; Yogev, R

Shingadia, D; Grant, J; Bendet, M; Shulman, S T; Yogev, R.

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Shingadia D; Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Northwestern University Medical School, The Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL 60614, USA. dshingadia@nwu.edu

Pediatr Neurosurg ; 31(3): 155-8, 1999 Sep.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10708358

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Cerebral Ventricles; Foreign Bodies/surgery; Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections/surgery; Postoperative Complications/surgery; Prosthesis-Related Infections/surgery; Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt/instrumentation; Cerebral Ventricles/surgery; Child, Preschool; Diagnostic Imaging; Escherichia coli Infections/diagnosis; Escherichia coli Infections/surgery; Follow-Up Studies; Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections/diagnosis; Humans; Infant; Male; Postoperative Complications/diagnosis; Prosthesis-Related Infections/diagnosis; Recurrence; Reoperation; Ventriculostomy

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Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Postoperative Complications / Cerebral Ventricles / Prosthesis-Related Infections / Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / Foreign Bodies Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Child, preschool / Humans / Infant / Male Language: En Journal: Pediatr Neurosurg Journal subject: NEUROCIRURGIA / PEDIATRIA Year: 1999 Type: Article Affiliation country: United States

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