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Table 4 Previously published microbiologic profile of CSF shunt infectionsa

From: A retrospective study of central nervous system shunt infections diagnosed in a university hospital during a 4-year period

Organism

Incidence (%)

Staphylococcus epidermidis

32–70

Staphylococcus aureus

12–48

Streptococcal species

6–10

Enteric Gram- negative bacilli

6–20

Anaerobes

6

  1. a Pooled data 3,11,15,16