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1099878

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
1975-11-22
pubmed:abstractText
Eight consecutive cases of ventriculitis detected and treated during a four year period are reviewed. This complication represented 7.9% of all cases of spina bifida treated surgically, and 5.4% of all shunt precedures performed during the study period. Prophylactic antibiotic treatment did not reduce the incidence of ventriculitis, and in fact seemed to produce resistant strains, which led to difficulties in treatment and a worse prognosis. The presence of an intraventricular foreign body precludes permanent sterilization of the ventricular fluid. Finally, in those cases in which the antibiotic of choice penetrates poorly into the cerebrospinal fluid; intraventricular as well as systemic administration of the drug is indicated. With Gram negative organisms, Gentamicin is currently the drug of choice.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0001-6268
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
32
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
89-100
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1975
pubmed:articleTitle
Postoperative ventriculitis in infants.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports