Title
Healthcare-Associated Ventriculitis and Meningitis
Authoring Organization
Publication Month/Year
February 27, 2017
Document Type
Guideline
External Publication Status
Published
Country of Publication
US
Inclusion Criteria
Female, Male, Adolescent, Adult, Child, Infant, Older adult
Health Care Settings
Hospital, Operating and recovery room
Scope
Assessment and screening, Diagnosis, Prevention, Management, Treatment
Diseases/Conditions (MeSH)
D058565 - Cerebral Ventriculitis, D008581 - Meningitis
Keywords
meningitis, Ventriculitis, cerebrospinal fluid shunts, cerebrospinal fluid drains, CNS Infections, central nervous system infections
Source Citation
Allan R. Tunkel, Rodrigo Hasbun, Adarsh Bhimraj, Karin Byers, Sheldon L. Kaplan, W. Michael Scheld, Diederik van de Beek, Thomas P. Bleck, Hugh J. L. Garton, Joseph R. Zunt, 2017 Infectious Diseases Society of America’s Clinical Practice Guidelines for Healthcare-Associated Ventriculitis and Meningitis, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 64, Issue 6, 15 March 2017, Pages 701–706, https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix152