A retrospective study of central nervous system shunt infections diagnosed in a university hospital during a 4-year period

BACKGROUND: Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunts are used for intracranial pressure management and temporary cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) drainage. Infection of the central nervous system (CNS) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with CSF shunts. The aim of the present study was to eval...

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Autores principales: Sacar, Suzan, Turgut, Huseyin, Toprak, Semra, Cirak, Bayram, Coskun, Erdal, Yilmaz, Ozlem, Tekin, Koray
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1421408/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16524475
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-6-43

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1421408/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16524475
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-6-43

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