Origin of Organisms Infecting Ventricular Shunts
- 1 May 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurosurgery
- Vol. 22 (5) , 868-872
- https://doi.org/10.1227/00006123-198805000-00009
Abstract
Results of skin cultures obtained before 413 of 505 operations for cerebrospinal fluid-diverting ventricular shunt placement or revision in a pediatriKeywords
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