Impact of Antibiotic Therapy in the Microbiological Yield of Healthcare-Associated Ventriculitis and Meningitis.
CSF culture
antibiotic
healthcare-associated
meningitis
ventriculitis
Journal
Open forum infectious diseases
ISSN: 2328-8957
Titre abrégé: Open Forum Infect Dis
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101637045
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Mar 2019
Mar 2019
Historique:
received:
05
09
2018
accepted:
30
01
2019
entrez:
23
3
2019
pubmed:
23
3
2019
medline:
23
3
2019
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
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 (
Identifiants
pubmed: 30899767
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofz050
pii: ofz050
pmc: PMC6422431
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
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