Treatment of Persistent Pyogenic Ventriculitis With Active Exchange of Cerebrospinal Fluid: A Report of 2 Cases
Although both patients had a complex medical history, inpatient complications, and initially failed to respond to systemic antibiotic therapy, their infections were cleared rapidly on initiation of active CSF exchange. Larger scale studies will be needed to demonstrate efficacy of this novel technique.
Authors
- Kevin Gilotra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6407-0022)
- Reza Dashti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2257-262X)
- Yuehjien Gu
- Racheed Mani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0927-4924)
- Peter G. Gerace
- Catherine Sheng
- Colleen Calandra
Institutions
- Stony Brook School (US)
- Neurological Surgery (US)
- Stony Brook University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Operative Neurosurgery
- Published
- 2025-03-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1227/ons.0000000000001538
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.91