Comparison of pediatric ventriculo-peritoneal shunt infections arising in antibiotic-impregnated and standard catheters: a multicenter observational study

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
• ² University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.
• ³ Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.
• ⁴ Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
• ⁵ McGill University Faculty of Medicine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
• ⁶ Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
• ⁷ University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
• ⁸ The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
• ⁹ Pediatrics, Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, San Diego, California, USA.
• ¹⁰ Arnot Ogden Medical Center, Elmira, New York, USA.
• ¹¹ Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, San Diego, California, USA.
• ¹² Pediatrics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
• ¹³ University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
• ¹⁴ Laval University, Quebec, Quebec, Canada.
• ¹⁵ McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
• ¹⁶ University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
• ¹⁷ CHEO, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.