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Table 5 Comparing rate of shuntinfection by risk factors and AIS vs non-AIS

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

Risk factors

 

No shuntinfection

Shuntinfection

n

No

non-AIS

45 (97.83%)

1 (2.17 %)

46

No

AIS

14 (100 %)

0 (0 %)

14

Yes

non-AIS

117 (92.86 %)

9 (7.14 %)

126

Yes

AIS

67 (93.06 %)

5 (6.94 %)

72

 

n

243

15

258

  1. AIS differs not from non-AIS; p = 0.4660 by Pearson