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OPEN FORUM INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 6, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofz050
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antibiotic; CSF culture; healthcare-associated; meningitis; ventriculitis
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- Grant A. Starr Foundation
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The impact of antibiotic therapy on the diagnosis of healthcare-associated ventriculitis and meningitis (HCAVM) is unknown. Antibiotics were administered before obtaining cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in 217 out of 326 (66%) patients with HCAVM, and they impacted the sensitivity of the cerebrospinal fluid Gram stain and culture (P <= .004).
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