Antibiotic prophylaxis vs no antibiotic prophylaxis / standard care
Number of participants experiencing shunt infection after implantation of antibiotic impregnated catheters · CSF‐shunt infections
It is very uncertain whether antibiotic prophylaxis changes number of participants experiencing shunt infection after… compared with no antibiotic prophylaxis / standard care (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Route of antibiotic prophylaxis for prevention of cerebrospinal fluid‐shunt infection 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyRR 0.36 [0.1, 1.24]1 study · 110 participantsVery low