Ventriculoperitoneal shunt infections in children : a 6-year study
| dc.contributor.author | Cotton, M. F. | en_ZA |
| dc.contributor.author | Hartzenberg, B. | en_ZA |
| dc.contributor.author | Donald, P. R. | en_ZA |
| dc.contributor.author | Burger, P. J. | en_ZA |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-03-18T14:57:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-03-18T14:57:19Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1991 | |
| dc.description | CITATION: Cotton, M. F. et al. 1984. Ventriculoperitoneal shunt infections in children : a 6-year study. South African Medical Journal, 79:139-142. | |
| dc.description | The original publication is available at http://www.samj.org.za | |
| dc.description.abstract | In a study of ventriculoperitoneal shunt infections conducted retrospectively between 1983 and 1987 and prospectively in 1988 39 infections from 372 shunt procedures (incidence 10,5%) were identified. The most common organism isolated was Staphylococcus aureus (18; 47%) followed by S. epidermidis (10; 26%). Forty-two per cent of staphylococci were methicillin-resistant. Gram-negative infections were associated with myelomeningoceles and Gram-positive infections with other forms of hydrocephalus (P = 0,048). Lymphocyte predominance was found more frequently than polymorphonuclear predominance in cerebrospinal fluid. | |
| dc.description.version | Publisher’s version | |
| dc.format.extent | 4 pages | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2078-5135 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0256-9574 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/7335 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Health & Medical Publishing Group | |
| dc.rights.holder | South African Medical Journal | |
| dc.subject | Staphylococcus aureus | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Ventriculoperitoneal shunt infections in children : a 6-year study | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Article |
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