Staphylococcus aureus is a major human pathogen that causes a wide range of clinical
infections. It is a leading cause of bacteremia and infective endocarditis as well as …

Nosocomial bacterial meningitis is most often related to either complicated head trauma or
invasive procedures, such as craniotomy, placement of ventricular catheters, intrathecal …

Abstract The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Standards and Practice
Guidelines Committee collaborated with partner organizations to convene a panel of 10 …

Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS) are differentiated from the closely related but more
virulent Staphylococcus aureus by their inability to produce free coagulase. Currently, there …

Object Quality improvement techniques are being implemented in many areas of medicine.
In an effort to reduce the ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection rate, a standardized protocol …

Few studies are available to inform duration of intravenous antibiotics for children and when
it is safe and appropriate to switch to oral antibiotics. We have systematically reviewed …

Objective To quantify the extent to which cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt revisions are
associated with increased risk of CSF shunt infection, after adjusting for patient factors that …

The advent of ventriculoperitoneal shunts (VPS) represented a substantial progress in the
neurosurgical management of hydrocephalus in children. VPS infection is the most …

The major aims of this study were to estimate the infection rate and recognize the risk factor
for ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt infections in children. To analyze shunt infection rate and …

BACKGROUND: Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt procedures have dramatically reduced the
morbidity and mortality rates associated with hydrocephalus. However, despite …