International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 14, Issue 3 , Pages e216-e219 , March 2010

Infections associated with indwelling ventriculostomy catheters in a teaching hospital

  • Hsin Chi

      Affiliations

    • Committee of Infection Control, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taitung Branch, 1, Lane 303, Changsha Street, Taitung, Taiwan
    • Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +886 2 25433535; fax: +886 2 25433642.
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  • Kuan-Yu Chang

      Affiliations

    • Committee of Infection Control, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taitung Branch, 1, Lane 303, Changsha Street, Taitung, Taiwan
    • Department of Surgery, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taitung Branch, Taitung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Hong-Chang Chang

      Affiliations

    • Committee of Infection Control, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taitung Branch, 1, Lane 303, Changsha Street, Taitung, Taiwan
    • Department of Surgery, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taitung Branch, Taitung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Nan-Chang Chiu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Fu-Yuan Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Received 18 June 2008 ,Revised 12 December 2008 ,Accepted 21 April 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.04.006

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 14, Issue 3 , Pages e216-e219 , March 2010

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