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Ventriculoperitoneal shunt infections in children. A 6-year study.
- Source :
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South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde [S Afr Med J] 1991 Feb 02; Vol. 79 (3), pp. 139-42. - Publication Year :
- 1991
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Abstract
- In a study of ventriculoperitoneal shunt infections conducted retrospectively between 1983 and 1987 and prospectively in 1988 39 infections from 372 shunt procedures (incidence 10.5%) were identified. The most common organism isolated was Staphylococcus aureus (18; 47%) followed by S. epidermidis (10; 26%). Forty-two per cent of staphylococci were methicillin-resistant. Gram-negative infections were associated with myelomeningoceles and Gram-positive infections with other forms of hydrocephalus (P = 0.048). Lymphocyte predominance was found more frequently than polymorphonuclear predominance in cerebrospinal fluid.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0256-9574
- Volume :
- 79
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 1994483