Ventriculitis
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1. Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae colonization in pediatric and neonatal intensive care units: risk factors for progression to infection
Abstract Background Little is known about factors associated with carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae infections in pediatric patients, who are initally colonized with carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae. Materials and methods A retrospective case–control study was conducted involving pediatric and neonatal intensive care units throughout a
Braz J Infect Dis. Publicado em: 2016-04
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2. Intrathecal use of amikacin: a case report
Meningitis caused by Acinetobacter baumannii is rare and are mostly hospital acquired after neurosurgical procedure. We report a case of a 40-year old man was admitted to the intensive care unit due to subarachnoid haemorrhage. Our patient developed a ventriculitis due to A.baumannii treated successfully with sulbactam IV and intrathecal amikacin.
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases. Publicado em: 2008-12
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3. Ventriculitis: a rare case of primary cerebral toxoplasmosis in AIDS patient and literature review
Cerebral toxoplasmosis remains the most important neurological opportunistic infection and the most common cause of intracerebral mass lesion in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). We report a case of an adult AIDS patient with an atypical pattern of toxoplasma encephalitis, presenting with ventriculitis and obstructive hydrocephalus wit
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases. Publicado em: 2008-02
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4. Successful treatment of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus ventriculitis in a child
Enterococci are an uncommon cause of CNS infection. A 20 month-old boy, diagnosed with hydrocephalus with ventriculoperitoneal shunt and history of lengthy hospitalization and use of wide spectrum antibiotics, was admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit diagnosed with ventriculitis. On the 14th day of empirical antibiotic therapy (vancomycin and merope
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases. Publicado em: 2007-04
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5. Infecção na monitoração intraventricular da pressão intracraniana com drenagem contínua do líquido cefalorraquiano. / Infection in the intraventricular monitoring of the intracranial pressure with continuous drainage of cerebrospinal fluid.
Intraventricular monitoring of the intracranial pressure (ICP) with continuous drainage of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is already a widespread procedure in neurosurgical practice and considered as of great diagnostic, therapeutic and prognostic importance due to its precision. However, as it is an invasive method, it presents a potential risk of complications,
Publicado em: 2006
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6. Staphylococcus aureus ventriculitis treated with single-dose intraventricular vancomycin or daptomycin (LY146032): bacterial and antibiotic kinetics in hydrocephalic rabbits.
Vancomycin and a new antibiotic, daptomycin (LY146032), were tested in vitro and in vivo against Staphylococcus aureus. In vivo tests were performed with rabbits with kaolin-induced hydrocephalus. Five groups of rabbits were studied: untreated ventriculitis, intraventricular vancomycin only, and ventriculitis treated with intraventricular vancomycin (30 micr
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7. Short report: Ventriculitis from Acinetobacter calcoaceticus variant anitratus
Ventriculitis from infection with Acinetobacter calcoaceticus variant anitratus occurred in an infant two weeks after surgical repair of a lumbosacral meningomyelocele and ventriculoperitoneal shunting. Recovery took place on replacing the shunt with an extraventricular deviation device and giving gentamicin and ampicillin intravenously.
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8. Intraventricular vancomycin in the treatment of ventriculitis associated with cerebrospinal fluid shunting and drainage.
The results of treatment of 50 cases of ventriculitis associated with the use of cerebrospinal fluid shunts or external ventricular drains, and treated with intraventricular vancomycin, are reported. While the overall cure rate was 66% with four cases lost to follow-up, in those cases where treatment involved shunt removal, 20 mg vancomycin daily intraventri
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9. Intraventricular levels of amikacin after intravenous administration.
Serum and ventricular fluid pharmacokinetic data for amikacin were evaluated prospectively in 10 hydrocephalic children with suspected ventriculitis. After the fourth or fifth intravenous 7.5-mg/kg dose of amikacin given every 8 h, mean peak serum levels were 24.3 +/- 3.2 microgram/ml (achieved at 0.5 h) with a calculated half-life of 2.2 +/- 1.1 h. Mean pea
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10. Diffusion of ofloxacin into cerebrospinal fluid of patients with purulent meningitis or ventriculitis.
The penetration of ofloxacin was studied in 22 patients with purulent meningitis or ventriculitis treated with conventional antibiotics. Three successive doses of 200 mg were infused at 12-h intervals during the acute stage of the disease. Ten patients received three additional doses when the meninges were considered to be healed. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) w
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11. Fibrinolytic therapy in meningitis and ventriculitis
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12. Penetrance of nafcillin into human ventricular fluid: correlation with ventricular pleocytosis and glucose levels.
Fourteen hydrocephalic pediatric patients with suspected shunt infections were studied for penetrance of nafcillin into the ventricular fluid after intravenous administration. In seven patients with bacterial ventriculitis, the concentration of nafcillin in ventricular fluid was 0.8 to 20.4% of the peak concentration in serum. In the remaining seven patients