ArticleOpen forum infectious diseases2019
Impact of Antibiotic Therapy in the Microbiological Yield of Healthcare-Associated Ventriculitis and Meningitis.
Article in Open forum infectious diseases, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06358209 (Safety and Efficacy of Ventricular Irrigation for Ventriculitis), which is not on this map. Cited by 21 papers.
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Safety and Efficacy of Ventricular Irrigation for Ventriculitis: a Randomized Controlled Trial
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21 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Spontaneous nosocomial Proteus mirabilis meningitis in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-infected adult patient: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2023Article
- Carbapenem-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria-Related Healthcare-Associated Ventriculitis and Meningitis: Antimicrobial Resistance of the Pathogens, Treatment, and Outcome.Microbiology spectrum · 2022Article
- Spinal canal infection caused by Streptococcus suis in human: a case report.BMC infectious diseases · 2022Article
- Accuracy of heparin-binding protein for the diagnosis of nosocomial meningitis and ventriculitis.Critical care (London, England) · 2022Observational
- Current Perspectives on the Diagnosis and Management of Healthcare-Associated Ventriculitis and Meningitis.Infection and drug resistance · 2022Review
- Comparison of Lumbar and Ventricular Cerebrospinal Fluid for Diagnosis and Monitoring of Meningitis.The Neurohospitalist · 2022Article
- Ventriculitis: Infection or Inflammation.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
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Abstract
The impact of antibiotic therapy on the diagnosis of healthcare-associated ventriculitis and meningitis (HCAVM) is unknown. Antibiotics were administered before obtaining cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in 217 out of 326 (66%) patients with HCAVM, and they impacted the sensitivity of the cerebrospinal fluid Gram stain and culture (
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