Patient | Age (y) | Neurological problem | Prior surgeries | Drainage duration1-150 | Concurrent antibiotics | Organism(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 47 | SAH | None | 7 | No | K pneumoniae |
2 | 53 | SAH | V, C | 3 | Yes | CNS |
3 | 64 | SAH | V, C | 4 | Yes | CNS |
4 | 34 | SAH | C | 1 | No | CNS |
5 | 69 | see below1-151 | C, L | 9 | No | P aeruginosa |
6 | 53 | SAH | V, C | 3 | No | Actinobacter calcoaceticus |
7 | 24 | BSF | None | 1 | No | group AStreptococcus |
8 | 84 | SAH | None1-152 | 1 | No | CNS |
9 | 48 | SAH | V, C | 1 | No | S aureus |
10 | 61 | SAH | V, C1-153 | 2 | Yes | CNS,Corynebacterium species |
11 | 25 | BSF | M | 1 | Yes | Enterobacter cloacae |
12 | 42 | AVM | R, L | 1 | Yes | CNS |
13 | 50 | SAH | None | 6 | Yes | S aureus |
↵1-150 This number does not count the day of lumbar drain placement but does count the day the culture positive sample was taken.
↵1-151 Patient 5 had a CSF leak after sinus surgery.
↵1-152 All patients had prior intracranial pressure monitors, except this one.
↵1-153 Two separate craniotomies.
SAH=subarachnoid haemorrhage; BSF=basilar skull fracture; AVM=arteriovenous malformation; V=ventriculostomy; C=aneurysm clipping; L=CSF leak repair; M=repair of mandibular fracture; R=resection; CNS=coagulase negative staphylococci.