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892. Meningitis after Ventricular Shunt Operations: Multicenter Study to Identify Etiology, Incidence and Risk Factors

BACKGROUND: A Ventriculoperitoneal shunt is the main treatment for communicating hydrocephalus. Surgical site infection associated with the shunt device is the most common complication and an expressive cause of morbidity and mortality of the treatment. The objective of our study is to answer three...

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Autores principales: Giarola, Lucca G, de Carvalho, Handerson Dias Duarte, Couto, Braulio Roberto Gonçalves Marinho, Starling, Carlos Ernesto Ferreira
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7776083/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.1080