A Fifteen-year Epidemiological Study of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Infections in Pediatric Patients: A Single Center Experience

This systematic review has shown that there are no prospective randomised studies of antimicrobial treatment options for paediatric neurosurgical patients in the last 20 years, and larger prospective studies are urgently required for this serious infection. There is some limited case series showing the benefits of certain antimicrobials such as vancomycin and ceftriaxone, but a larger case series or randomised controlled trial is required, particularly to establish the benefit, if any, of additional intraventricular antimicrobials.

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Antimicrobial treatment options for neurosurgical ventricular shunt infections in children from 1993 to 2012: a systematic review

Drew

Cole

Lee

et al. 2013

Childs Nerv Syst

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A Fifteen-year Epidemiological Study of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Infections in Pediatric Patients: A Single Center Experience

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Antimicrobial treatment options for neurosurgical ventricular shunt infections in children from 1993 to 2012: a systematic review

Antimicrobial treatment options for neurosurgical ventricular shunt infections in children from 1993 to 2012: a systematic review

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