Poor surgical outcomes following Paenibacillus infant infectious hydrocephalus
In this study, Paenibacillus detection in the CSF at the time of hydrocephalus surgery was associated with a significantly increased rate of the composite of diversion failure or death, death, and diversion failure, and was particularly increased for patients who had an endoscopic diversion.
Authors
- Steven J. Schiff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2623-3614)
- Ronald Mulondo
- John Mugamba
- Sarah U. Morton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7816-2646)
- James R. Broach (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1197-0312)
- Abhaya V. Kulkarni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1706-7004)
- Edith Mbabazi-Kabachelor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7912-7116)
- Mercedeh Movassagh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7690-0230)
- Peter Ssenyonga
- Jessica E. Ericson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8765-2065)
- Christine Hehnly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3739-0690)
- Joseph N. Paulson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8221-7139)
- Davis Natukwatsa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3182-9327)
- Justin Onen
- Kelsey Templeton
- Benjamin C. Warf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6376-4751)
Institutions
- Boston Children's Hospital (US)
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Exelixis (United States) (US)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Mulago Hospital (UG)
- Hospital for Sick Children (CA)
- Yale University (US)
- SickKids Foundation (CA)
- CURE Children’s Hospital of Uganda (UG)
- Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics
- Published
- 2025-05-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3171/2025.1.peds24254
- Primary Topic
- Rabies epidemiology and control
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00