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ReviewPathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Treatment Options for Nosocomial Ventriculitis/Meningitis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Marios Karvouniaris, Zoi Aidoni, Eleni Gkeka, Stella Niki Primikyri, Konstantinos Pagioulas, Elena Argiriadou

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Review in Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Marios KarvouniarisIntensive Care Unit, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54636 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-0419-2639
Zoi AidoniIntensive Care Unit, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54636 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Eleni GkekaIntensive Care Unit, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54636 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Stella Niki PrimikyriIntensive Care Unit, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54636 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Konstantinos PagioulasIntensive Care Unit, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54636 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0009-0000-7796-1633
Elena ArgiriadouIntensive Care Unit, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54636 Thessaloniki, Greece.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ventriculo-meningitis or nosocomial meningitis/ventriculitis is a severe nosocomial infection that is associated with devastating neurological sequelae. The cerebrospinal fluid isolates associated with the infection can be Gram-positive or -negative, while the

Indexed as

Anti-Bacterial AgentsCerebral VentriculitisCross InfectionGram-Positive Bacterial InfectionsMeningitis, BacterialAgedEnterococcus faecalisFatal OutcomeFemaleHumansAnti-Bacterial AgentsampicillinceftriaxoneEnterococcus faecalismeningitisnosocomialpost-neurosurgicalventriculitis

Identifiers

PMID39860964
PMCPMC11768174

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