An external ventricular drainage catheter impregnated with rifampicin, trimethoprim and triclosan, with extended activity against MDR Gram-negative bacteria: an in vitro and in vivo study

BACKGROUND: External ventricular drainage (EVD) carries a high risk of ventriculitis, increasingly caused by MDR Gram-negative bacteria such as Escherichia coli and Acinetobacter baumannii. Existing antimicrobial EVD catheters are not effective against these, and we have developed a catheter with ac...

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Autores principales: Bayston, Roger, Ashraf, Waheed, Pelegrin, Ivan, Fowkes, Katherine, Bienemann, Alison S, Singleton, William G B, Scott, Ian S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6753475/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31302702
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkz293

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6753475/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31302702
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkz293

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