title: Strategies to decrease the risk of ventricular catheter infections: a review of the evidence.
abstract: The use of antibiotic-coated external ventricular catheters has been controversial among practitioners; although several papers have documented decreased adherence of microbes to catheters treated with antibiotics, there is no universally accepted practice standard for the use of coated catheters for the prevention of clinical infection. In this paper, we review the in vivo and in vitro evidence for antibiotic-coated catheters.
authors: Department of Neurologic Surgery, The Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. babu.maya@mayo.edu
authors: Maya A
authors: MA
authors: Babu
authors: Robin
authors: R
authors: Patel
authors: W Richard
authors: WR
authors: Marsh
authors: Eelco F M
authors: EF
authors: Wijdicks
mesh_terms: D019072:Antibiotic Prophylaxis / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000592:standards; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D020806:Central Nervous System Bacterial Infections / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000517:prevention & control*; D020805:Central Nervous System Viral Diseases / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D012306:Risk