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  • Title: Efficacy of antibiotic-impregnated external ventricular drain catheters.
    Author: Muttaiyah S, Ritchie S, John S, Mee E, Roberts S.
    Journal: J Clin Neurosci; 2010 Mar; 17(3):296-8. PubMed ID: 20074964.
    Abstract:
    We prospectively compared the incidence of ventriculitis associated with external ventricular drains (EVD) impregnated with clindamycin and rifampicin with historical controls. We found the use of antibiotic impregnated (AI) EVDs showed a significant decrease in positive cerebrospinal fluid cultures and a significant delay in time to EVD infection.
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