Cerebrospinal fluid antibiotic levels during treatment of shunt infections
- 1 January 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG) in Journal of Neurosurgery
- Vol. 52 (1), 41-46
- https://doi.org/10.3171/jns.1980.52.1.0041
Abstract
Patients (20) with documented CSF [bacterial] shunt infections were treated with daily intraventricular injections of methicillin, cephalothin or gentamicin without removal of the shunt or external ventricular drainage. Periodic determinations of intraventricular antibiotic concentration revealed significant levels in relation to the established minimum inhibitory concentration in all cases.This publication has 25 references indexed in Scilit:
- Shunt-associated GlomerulonephritisNeurosurgery, 1978
- Infections of Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts: Epidemiology, Clinical Manifestations, and TherapyThe Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1975
- Antibiotic neurotoxicityJournal of Neurosurgery, 1974
- Relationship of intraventricular gentamicin levels to cure of meningitis: Report of a case of Proteus meningitis successfully treated with intraventricular gentamicinThe Journal of Pediatrics, 1972
- Immediate Shunt Replacement in the Treatment of Bacterial Colonisation of Holter ValvesDevelopmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 1970
- Antibiotic Penetration of the BrainJournal of Neurosurgery, 1969
- Complications of Ventriculo-Atrial ShuntsJournal of Neurosurgery, 1968
- Thrombo-Embolic Complications of Ventriculo-Atrial ShuntsJournal of Neurosurgery, 1966
- Persistent Bacteraemia following Ventriculo‐Caval Shunt Operations for Hydrocephalus in InfantsDevelopmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 1963