Clinical Characteristics and Predictors of Adverse Outcome in Adult and Pediatric Patients With Healthcare-Associated Ventriculitis and Meningitis
Open Access
- 1 April 2016
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 3 (2), ofw077
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofw077
Abstract
Background. Healthcare-associated meningitis or ventriculitis is a serious and life-threatening complication of invasive neurosurgical procedures or penetrating head trauma.Keywords
Funding Information
- Grant-A-Starr Foundation
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