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Two groups of infections may develop after neurosurgery. Superficial infections: cutaneous abcesses and osteitis of the skull. Cutaneous abcesses have an excellent prognostic, are easy to treat and have a low morbidity. Osteitis will require the flat to be removed, a plastie to be done, and a prolonged antibiotic therapy, all the preceeding carrying a heavy morbidity. Deep infections: meningitis, ventriculitis, deep abcesses. These infections may induce some degree of mortality and may be followed by neurologic sequelae, especially in children. Shunt infections are also considered as deep infection.
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Korinek, AM., Martin, C. (2001). Infections in the Neurosurgical Patient. In: Rello, J., Valles, J., Kollef, M.H. (eds) Critical Care Infectious Diseases Textbook. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1679-8_6
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