From the Skin to the Brain: Pathophysiology of Colonization and Infection of External Ventricular Drain, a Prospective Observational Study

Ventriculostomy-related infection (VRI) is a serious complication of external ventricular drain (EVD) but its natural history is poorly studied. We prospectively tracked the bacteria pathways from skin towards ventricles to identify the infectious process resulting in ventriculostomy-related coloniz...

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Autores principales: Mounier, Roman, Lobo, David, Cook, Fabrice, Martin, Mathieu, Attias, Arie, Aït-Mamar, Bouziane, Gabriel, Inanna, Bekaert, Olivier, Bardon, Jean, Nebbad, Biba, Plaud, Benoît, Dhonneur, Gilles
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4640851/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26555597
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0142320

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