Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt Infection: Emerging Paradigms in Pathogenesis that Affect Prevention and Treatment

J Pediatr. 2019 Mar:206:13-19. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.11.026. Epub 2018 Dec 6.

¹ Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington/Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA; Center for Clinical and Translational Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA. Electronic address: tamara.simon@seattlechildrens.org.
² Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.
³ Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.
⁴ Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
⁵ Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington/Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA; Center for Clinical and Translational Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA; Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Center for Infection and Prematurity Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA.

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Keywords: cerebrospinal fluid; infection; prevention; shunt; treatment.

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