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Acta Neurochirurgica
Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica 12/2016

01-12-2016 | Editorial (by Invitation)

Occult shunt infections—think of biofilms

Author: Zvi Harry Rappaport

Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica | Issue 12/2016

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Excerpt

In this issue of Acta Neurochirurgica, Mounier et al. [1] describe a case of a biofilm-associated infection of a ventricular catheter that was removed from a patient with shunt malfunction. All the commonly measured inflammatory parameters and CSF cultures were negative. Scanning electron microscopy of the shunt tubing demonstrated bacterial cocci embedded in a polymeric matrix. …
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Metadata
Title
Occult shunt infections—think of biofilms
Author
Zvi Harry Rappaport
Publication date
01-12-2016
Publisher
Springer Vienna
Published in
Acta Neurochirurgica / Issue 12/2016
Print ISSN: 0001-6268
Electronic ISSN: 0942-0940
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-016-2978-y

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