The use of intraventricular vancomycin in the treatment of CSF shunt-associated ventriculitis
| Autor: | Norman Pm, Cudmore Re, Roger Bayston, Gurusinghe N, Barnicoat M, Guiney Ej |
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| Rok vydání: | 1984 |
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Csf shunt
business.industry Staphylococcal Infections medicine.disease Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts Shunt (medical) Cerebral Ventricles Vancomycin Anesthesia Streptococcal Infections Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Ventriculitis Medicine Humans Surgical Wound Infection Surgery business Child Rifampicin medicine.drug Injections Intraventricular |
| Zdroj: | Zeitschrift fur Kinderchirurgie : organ der Deutschen, der Schweizerischen und der Osterreichischen Gesellschaft fur Kinderchirurgie = Surgery in infancy and childhood. 39 |
| ISSN: | 0174-3082 |
| Popis: | Ten cases of shunt-associated ventriculitis treated with intraventricular vancomycin are described. Eight were cured of their infection, one of these without shunt removal, though this failed in another instance. There were no toxic or untoward effects except in one case, where intravenous administration of vancomycin produced a histamine-like reaction. Intraventricular vancomycin, preferably combined with oral rifampicin, should be considered in cases of intractable or problematic shunt-associated ventriculitis due to Gram-positive organisms. |
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