Postoperative ventriculitis in hydrocephalus: treatment with external ventricular drainage.
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.
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
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents