Impact of a standardized protocol and antibiotic-impregnated catheters on ventriculostomy infection rates in cerebrovascular patients.

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Published in Neurosurgery on July 01, 2010

Authors

James S Harrop1, Ashwini D Sharan, John Ratliff, Srini Prasad, Pascal Jabbour, James J Evans, Erol Veznedaroglu, David W Andrews, Mitchell Maltenfort, Kenneth Liebman, Phyllis Flomenberg, Bevin Sell, Amy S Baranoski, Claudette Fonshell, David Reiter, Robert H Rosenwasser

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Neurosurgery, Jefferson Medical College, and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA. James.Harrop@jefferson.edu

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