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Table 7 Shunt infections, clinical data, AIS vs non-AIS, pathogens and antibiograms.

From: Do antibiotic-impregnated shunts in hydrocephalus therapy reduce the risk of infection? An observational study in 258 patients

ID

Age [year]

Sex

No. of risk factors

Time to infection1 [days]

AIS2

Organism

Rifampicin

Clindamycin

15

54.3

f

2

6

0

S. epidermidis

s

r

10

50.2

m

1

12

0

Citrobacter koseri

r

not tested

8

53.5

m

2

15

0

S. epidermidis

s

r

1

61.3

f

4

15

0

S. epidermidis

r

r

11

72.1

m

2

22

0

S. epidermidis

s

s

5

25.4

m

0

28

0

S. epidermidis

r

r

3

65.4

f

2

36

0

S. epidermidis

s

r

14

45.0

f

2

148

0

S. aureus

s

s

6

4.0

f

3

170

0

S. epidermidis

s

s

7

77.5

f

1

375

0

Proprioni bacterium acnes

not tested

s

4

74.3

f

3

4

1

S. epidermidis

r

r

12

66.7

f

1

13

1

gram positive coccus*1

unknown

unknown

16

0.3

f

4

26/5

1

S. epidermidis

s

s

9

53.4

f

4

178

1

S. aureus*2

s

s

17

3.5

f

2

106/294

1

S. epidermidis

s

s

  1. 1 Time to infection between shunt implantation and shunt explantation.
  2. 2 AIS: Antibiotic impregnated shunt: 0 = no, 1 = yes
  3. *1 gram positive coccus, no specific differentiation possible; *2 Methicillin resistent