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Evaluation of Risk Factors for Recurrent Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Infections in Adult

2024-08-26

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<title>Abstract</title> <p><bold>Objective</bold>: The objective of this paper is to evaluate demographic, clinical, laboratory and microbiological features of ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) infections in this 13 year retrospective study. VPS-related bacterial agents and their antibiotic sensitivity were also investigated in single VPS (SVPS) and recurrent VPS (RVPS) infections. <bold>Methods:</bold> The study...

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Literature Corpus work: 8d6a4efe-6e05-57f7-8f00-a808b82d957d
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4792129/v1

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