Efficacy of antibiotic-impregnated external ventricular drains in reducing ventriculostomy-associated infections.
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Use of an external ventricular drain (EVD) is essential for managing patients with hydrocephalus or intracranial hypertension. While this procedure is safe and efficacious, ventriculostomy-associated infections (VAI) continue to cause significant morbidity. In this study, we evaluated the efficacy of antibiotic-coated EVD (AC-EVD) in reducing the occurrence of VAI. Between July 2007 and July 2009, 203 patients underwent placement of an EVD. A total of 145 of these patients met the inclusion criteria, with 76 patients (52.4%) receiving AC-EVD and 69 patients (47.6%) receiving uncoated EVD. Ten patients (6.9%) developed VAI, of whom three were in the AC-EVD group and seven were in the uncoated EVD group (p=0.19). The mean duration between catheter insertion and positive cerebrospinal fluid culture was significantly greater in the AC-EVD group versus the uncoated EVD group (15±4days versus 4±2days, respectively; p=0.001). In the uncoated EVD group, 17 of 69 patients (24.6%) were dead at 3years versus 12 of 76 (15.8%) patients in the AC-EVD group (p=0.21). The overall VAI rate was 6.9% with a trend toward lower infection rates in the AC-EVD group compared to the uncoated EVD group (3.9% versus 10.1%, respectively; p>0.05).
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| Authors | Yana Mikhaylov, Thomas J Wilson, Venkatakrishna Rajajee, B Gregory Thompson, Cormac O Maher, Stephen E Sullivan, Teresa L Jacobs, Mary J Kocan, Aditya S Pandey |
| Journal | Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia (J Clin Neurosci) Vol. 21 Issue 5 Pg. 765-8 (May 2014) ISSN: 1532-2653 [Electronic] Scotland |
| PMID | 24411330 (Publication Type: Journal Article) |
| Copyright | Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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