Table 3.
Aetiology of infections
| Treatment cohort | Control cohort | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EVD | Shunt | Total | EVD | shunt | total | ||
| Staphylococcus spp. | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 16 (55.2%) |
| S. epidermidis | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 11 | |
| S. aureus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| GNBs | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 11 (37.9%) |
| P. aeruginosa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Acinetobacter spp. | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Enterobacter spp. | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| E. coli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sphingomonas spp. | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Klebsiella spp. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Other microorganisms | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 (27.6%) |
| Enterococcus spp. | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Streptococcus spp. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Corynebacterium spp. | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Candida spp. | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total (infection per procedure) | 6/47 (12.8%) | 2/72 (2.7%) | 8/119 (6.7%) | 13/65 (20%) | 8/47 (17%) | 21/112 (18.8%) | 29/231 (12.6%) |
EVD: external ventricular drain