Risk factors for pediatric surgical site infection following neurosurgical procedures for hydrocephalus: a retrospective single-center cohort study

Table 4 Date of SSIs onset, culture results and list of prophylactic antimicrobial agents by procedure

Procedure	Median interval (days)	SSI interval (POD)	Culture date (POD)	Culture resources	Culture result	Prophylactic antibiotics	SSI type
VP shunt	18.5	4	4	CSF	Staphylococcus aureus	cefepime/vancomycin	Organ/Space
		31	38	CSF peritoneal fluid shunt catheter tip		clindamycin	Organ/Space
		63	63	CSF	Staphylococcus capitis	cefazolin	Organ/Space
		11	11	CSF	Staphylococcus capitis	cefazolin	Organ/Space
		53	53	CSF	Cutibacterium acnes	clindamycin	Organ/Space
		29	30	Catheter Tip	Enterococcus avium	clindamycin	Organ/Space
		2	2	CSF	Rothia aeriaStreptococcus viridans	cefazolin	Organ/Space
		5	6	VP Shunt	Corynebacterium coyleaeCutibacterium acnes	cefazolin	Organ/Space
		15	15	CSF	Serratia marcescens	cefazolin	Organ/Space
		36	36	CSF	Trichosporon asahii	cefazolin	Organ/Space
		15	15	CSF		cefazolin	Organ/Space
		89	89	CSF, shunt tubing, shunt swab		cefazolin	Organ/Space
		10	10	CSF		cefazolin	Organ/Space
		22	22	CSF	Cutibacterium acnes	cefazolin	Organ/Space
EVD		20	21	CSF	Stenotrophomonas maltophilia	cefazolin	Organ/Space
		2	2	CSF	Staphylococcus epidermidis		Organ/Space
		9	9	CSF	Staphylococcus epidermidis	cefazolin	Organ/Space
		6	66	CSF	Acinetobacter sp. Microbacterium Caulobacter segnis	cefazolin	Organ/Space
		12	11	CSF	Staphylococcus epidermidis	cefazolin	Organ/Space

SSIs surgical site infection, POD Postoperative day, V-P ventriculo-peritoneal, EVD external ventricular drain, CSF cerebrospinal fluid

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