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Management

  • management similar to acute bacterial meningitis
  • direct instillation of antibacterials into ventricles occasionally necessary for patients who have shunt infections that are difficult to eradicate or who cannot have shunt removed
  • if possible, antibiotic doses should be adjusted to achieve a trough CSF concentration:MIC ratio of 10-20
  • click here for doses recommended by IDSA
  • remove all components of infected shunt and institute external drainage if possible

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