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Cerebrospinal fluid cell count variability is a major confounding factor in external ventricular drain-associated infection surveillance diagnostics: a prospective observational study

BACKGROUND: External ventricular drain (EVD)-related infections (EVDIs) are feared complications that are difficult to rapidly and correctly diagnose, which can lead to unnecessary treatment with broad-spectrum antibiotics. No readily available diagnostic parameters have been identified to reliably...

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Autores principales: Bådholm, Marcus, Blixt, Jonas, Glimåker, Martin, Ternhag, Anders, Hedlund, Jonas, Nelson, David W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8359042/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34380543
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13054-021-03715-1