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Meningitis
Findings in meningitis reported from A.M. Korinek and co-researchers
May 20th, 2008
"To evaluate incidence and risk factors of postoperative meningitis, with special emphasis on antibiotic prophylaxis, in a series of 6243 consecutive craniotomies. Meningitis was individualized from a prospective surveillance database of surgical site infections after craniotomy," scientists writing in the journal Neurosurgery report. "Ventriculitis related to external ventricular drainage or cerebrospinal fluid shunt were excluded. From May 1997 until March 1999, no antibiotic prophylaxis was prescribed for scheduled, clean, lasting less than 4 hours craniotomies, whereas emergency, clean-contaminated, or long-lasting craniotomies received cloxacillin or...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-05-20)
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