Infection of Cerebrospinal Fluid Drainage Devices
These pilot data suggest limited utility in using HTS for surveillance for ventricular reservoir infections, as they emerge abruptly. In CSF shunt infection, HTS demonstrates a return to heterogeneous microbiota when bacterial cultures become negative.
Authors
- Lucas R. Hoffman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8864-6751)
- Jason S. Hauptman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2035-9876)
- Paul Hodor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7770-8347)
- David L. Limbrick
- Patrick J. McDonald (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7083-3927)
- Tamara D. Simon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4734-7020)
- Christopher E. Pope
- Kathryn B. Whitlock (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2744-7959)
Institutions
- University of Southern California (US)
- Seattle Children's Hospital (US)
- St. Louis Children's Hospital (US)
- Barrow Neurological Institute (US)
- Children's Hospital of Los Angeles (US)
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- University of Washington (US)
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- Applied University Research (United States) (US)
- Phoenix Children's Hospital (US)
- BC Children's Hospital (CA)
- Statistical Research (United States) (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Surgical Infections
- Published
- 2025-10-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/10962964251385387
- Primary Topic
- Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00