title: Postoperative ventriculitis in hydrocephalus: treatment with external ventricular drainage.
abstract: Twenty hydrocephalic children with postoperative ventriculitis were treated with External Ventricular Drainage after removal of the infected shunt. The advantages and disadvantages of this treatment are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000601:surgery*; D007249:Inflammation
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents