Prospective, multicentre study of external ventricular drainage-related infections in the UK and Ireland.
Aimun A B JamjoomAlexis J JoannidesMichael Tin-Chung PoonAswin ChariMalik ZabenMutwakil A H AbdullaJoy RoachLaurence J GlanczAnna SolthJohn DuddyPaul M BrennanRoger BaystonDiederik O BultersConor L MallucciMichael D JenkinsonWilliam P GrayJothy KandasamyPeter J HutchinsonAngelos G KoliasAminul I Ahmednull nullPublished in: Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry (2017)
In the UK and Ireland, the ERI rate was 9.3% during the study period. The study demonstrated that EVDs left in situ for ≥8 days and those sampled more frequently were associated with a higher risk of infection. Importantly, the study showed no significant difference in ERI risk between different catheter types.