Article
Duration of Antibiotic Therapy and Timing of Shunt Reimplantation in Pediatric CSF Shunt Infections: A Retrospective Multicenter Case Series
Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
(2022)
Abstract
In this retrospective multicenter series of 154 children with cerebrospinal fluid shunt infections, the median (interquartile range) duration of antibiotic therapy was 18 (14-26) days. The time to shunt replacement was 14 (10-19) days. Management appeared to potentially differ according to the targeted pathogen and site
Disciplines
Publication Date
Spring May 27, 2022
DOI
10.1093/jpids/piac037
Publisher Statement
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Citation Information
Robinson JL, McAlpine A, Barton M, Balamohan A, Davies HD, Skar G, Lefebvre MA, Almadani A, Freire D, Le Saux N, Bowes J, Srigley JA, Passarelli P, Bradley J, Khan S, Purewal R, Viel-Thériault I, Hawkes MT. Duration of Antibiotic Therapy and Timing of Shunt Reimplantation in Pediatric CSF Shunt Infections: A Retrospective Multicenter Case Series. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2022 May 27:piac037. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piac037. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35639930.