The impact of antibiotic-impregnated catheters on ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection | Zendy

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The impact of antibiotic-impregnated catheters on ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection

Author(s) -

Mehmet Sorar,

Uyğur Er,

Pınar Özışık,

Ersin Özeren,

Serkan Şimşek

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

turkish journal of medical sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277

H-Index - 27

eISSN - 1303-6165

pISSN - 1300-0144

DOI - 10.3906/sag-1306-15

Subject(s) - medicine , shunt (medical) , perioperative , hydrocephalus , antibiotics , surgery , biology , microbiology and biotechnology

Ventriculoperitoneal shunt infections remain an important problem and result mainlyfrom perioperative colonization of shunt components by skin flora. Antibiotic-impregnated shunts have been designed to prevent such colonization. T'his study evaluates the incidence of shunt infection after the insertion of antibiotic-impregnated shunts in a population of children with hydrocephalus.

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