title: [Intraventricular therapy in the management of ventricular ependymitis].
abstract: Through Scott's tubes, intraventricular administration of amynoglucoside antibiotics was given to two groups of patients: a) ten children with purulent meningitis and ventricular ependymitis due to gram - negative germs without malformation of the central nervous system (CNS) and b) sixteen children with ventricular ependymitis and malformation of the CNS. The duration of treatment was three weeks and no deaths issued in the first group. In the second group, there were four therapeutic failures related with the existence of encephalodysplasia or intraventricular wailing. The results described are very encouraging and allow to foresee a marked drop in the lethality of ventricular ependymitis.
mesh_terms: D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004805:Ependyma / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000382:microbiology*; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D007276:Injections, Intraventricular / Q000379:methods; D008581:Meningitis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D013492:Suppuration / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D005839:Gentamicins
vernacular_title: La terapia intraventricular en el manejo de la ependimitis ventricular.