Protective effect of rifampicin and clindamycin impregnated devices against Staphylococcus spp. infection after cerebrospinal fluid diversion procedures

BACKGROUND: Infection is a major complication of cerebrospinal fluid shunting procedures. The present report assesses the efficacy of such catheters in both shunts and external ventricular drains (EVDs) against infection and particularly against Staphylococcus spp. infection. METHODS: All shunt and...

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Autores principales: Gutiérrez-González, Raquel, Boto, Gregorio R, Fernández-Pérez, Cristina, del Prado, Náyade
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2964650/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20939914
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2377-10-93

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2964650/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20939914
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2377-10-93

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