Prospective surveillance of drain associated meningitis/ventriculitis in a neurosurgery and neurological intensive care unit

Table 4

Risk factors analysis for meningitis

Meningitis	OR (CI 95%)	p (<0.05)
LD versus EVD	1.39 (0.58–3.30)	0.46
Previous trauma	3.21 (1.00–10.33)	0.04
Intraventricular blood (cranial CT; NSICU)	4.93 (1.57–15.45)	0.003
LD placement >9 days	1.38 (0.29–6.48)	0.68
EVD placement >9 days	0.61 (0.25–1.48)	0.27

EVD, external ventricular drain; LD, lumbar drain; NSICU, neurosurgical intensive care unit.

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