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Microbiological Surveillance

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Routine surveillance of CSF from patients with EVDs is not recommended due to reports suggesting that routine sampling of CSF does not expedite detection of infection, may increase risk of iatrogenic infection, and leads to antimicrobial therapy of contaminants. It is recommended that CSF samples should only be obtained on clinical indication.

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  1. Department of Clinical Microbiology, Aarhus University Hospital, 8200, Skejby, Aarhus, Denmark

    Mikala Wang

  2. Department of Clinical Microbiology, Vejle Hospital, Vejile, Demark

    Jens Kjølseth Møller

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  1. , Department of Neurosurgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Jonas Liesvei 65, Bergen, 5021, Norway

    Terje Sundstrom

  2. , Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive, Lund University Hospital, Getingevägen 4, Lund, 22185, Sweden

    Per-Olof Grände

  3. Dept. Neuroanaesthesia & Neurosurgery, Arhus University Hospital, Aarhus C, 8000, Denmark

    Niels Juul

  4. , Department of Neurosurgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Norrebrograde 44, Aarhus C, 8000, Denmark

    Carsten Kock-Jensen

  5. , Department of Neurosurgery, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bledgamsvej 9, Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark

    Bertil Romner

  6. , Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Bergen, Jonas Liesvei, Bergen, 5021, Norway

    Knut Wester

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Wang, M., Møller, J.K. (2012). Microbiological Surveillance. In: Sundstrom, T., Grände, PO., Juul, N., Kock-Jensen, C., Romner, B., Wester, K. (eds) Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28126-6_46

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