… complicated by ventriculostomy-associated cerebrospinal fluid infection (VAI) which is
associated with increased morbidity and mortality. This meta-analysis was aimed at determining …

… Infections and inflammatory processes have been associated with the development of …
, no study has yet systematically reviewed all available studies on cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) …

… study was to determine if perioperative antimicrobial prophylaxis decreases the incidence of
subsequent shunt infection … outcome measure of subsequent shunt infection. Twelve (32%) …

… against CSF infection. Therefore, this meta-analysis aims to determine if sufficient evidence
is … to support the role of silver-impregnated catheters in reducing EVD-associated infection. …

… Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis is a diagnostic tool for many conditions affecting the …
central nervous system infection or subarachnoid hemorrhage. CSF analysis is not necessarily …

“The CSF/serum albumin ratio was increased in schizophrenia (1 study [54 patients]; SMD=
0.62; 95% CI 0.24–1.00) and affective disorders (4 studies [302 patients]; SMD= 0.43; 95% …

… This study performed a systematic evaluation and meta-analysis of the efficacy of CSF …
meta-analysis, we found only a few diagnostic studies on post-neurosurgical intracranial infection, …

… serum/cerebrospinal fluid (CSF… meta-analysis to obtain summary sensitivity and specificity
of serum and CSF CrAg, as well as agreement between CSF CrAg and CSF culture. Summary …

… the baseline infection rate was not analyzed. (Langley JM, LeBlanc JC, Drake J, Milnor R:
Efficacy of antimicrobial prophylaxis in placement of cerebrospinal fluid shunts: Meta-analysis. …

… Our meta-regression based on QUADAS score found no effect of quality on our pooled …
for CSF lactate in infectious meningitis. Second, this meta-analysis could not discriminate …