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Comparison of shunt infection incidence in high-risk subgroups receiving antibiotic-impregnated versus standard shunts

Frank J. Attenello, Daniel M. Sciubba, Giannina Garces-Ambrossi, Edward S. Ahn, Jon Weingart, Benjamin S. Carson, George I. Jallo

Child s Nervous System · 2008 · 98 citations · 33 references

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Risk Factors for Pediatric Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Infection and Predictors of Infectious Pathogens

Matthew J. McGirt, Aimee K. Zaas, Herbert E. Fuchs et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2003 · 306 citations

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Long-term analysis of cerebrospinal fluid shunt infections

Randolph George, Lyal G. Leibrock, Mel H. Epstein · Journal of neurosurgery · 1979 · 287 citations

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Infection of cerebrospinal fluid shunts in infants: a study of etiological factors

Ian Pople, Roger Bayston, Richard D. Hayward · Journal of neurosurgery · 1992 · 227 citations

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Cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection: risk factors and long-term follow-up

Matthieu Vinchon, Patrick Dhellemmes · Child s Nervous System · 2006 · 215 citations

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Factors causing acute shunt infection

Dominique Rénier, Jacques Lacombe, Alain Pierre‐Kahn et al. · Journal of neurosurgery · 1984 · 212 citations

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