title: Letter to the editor: dilution versus pollution.
authors.forename: D Douglas
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Cochrane
authors.forename: David S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation