The problem of infection in measuring brain ventricle pressure

Rieger, A.; Schön, R.

Zentralblatt für Chirurgie 114(8): 530-533

1989


ISSN/ISBN: 0044-409X
PMID: 2787085
Document Number: 346371
Catheters for ventriculometry were implanted into the lateral ventricles of 71 neurosurgical patients. Clinical symptoms of meningitis were recorded from 5.6 per cent of them. A positive bacterial culture was obtained in one case. Reference is made to the risk of infection, and prophylactic antibiotic treatment is advocated.

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