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2144. Duration of perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis in ventriculoperitoneal shunt surgery in children

BACKGROUND: Placement of ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt is an important treatment for pediatric hydrocephalus. Although prolonged perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis has theoretically no benefit in reducing device-associated infections, duration of antibiotic prophylaxis for VP shunt placement in...

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Autores principales: Tada, Ayumi, Ihara, Satoshi, Suwa, Junichi, Taniguchi, Kimihiro, Shibata, Meiwa, Funakoshi, Hanako, Horikoshi, Yuho
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9752643/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac492.1764