Fig 1.
132 patients older than 18 year-old received external ventricular drainage for at least 48 hours. From September 2009 to February 2011, 101 patients were included.
Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of patients.
Table 2.
Microbiological findings for positive events.
Table 3.
EVDs microbiological data (n = 117).
Fig 2.
Kaplan-Meier analysis for probability of skin and stopcock colonization.
Table 4.
Univariate and multivariate analysis of risk factors associated with positive events.