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Cerebral Ventriculitis

MedGen UID:
415870
•Concept ID:
C2875024
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Cerebral Ventriculitides; Ventriculitides, Cerebral; Ventriculitis, Cerebral

Definition

Inflammation of CEREBRAL VENTRICLES. [from MeSH]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVCerebral Ventriculitis

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Current Practices of Intraventricular Antibiotic Therapy in the Treatment of Meningitis and Ventriculitis: Results from a Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study.
Lewin JJ 3rd, Cook AM, Gonzales C, Merola D, Neyens R, Peppard WJ, Brophy GM, Kurczewski L, Giarratano M, Makii J, Rowe AS, Tesoro EP, Zaniewski A, Clark S, Ziai WC
Neurocrit Care 2019 Jun;30(3):609-616. doi: 10.1007/s12028-018-0647-0. PMID: 30446934
Diagnosis and treatment of severe neurosurgical patients with pyogenic ventriculitis caused by gram-negative bacteria.
Shang F, Xu Y, Wang N, Cheng W, Chen W, Duan W
Neurol Sci 2018 Jan;39(1):79-84. Epub 2017 Oct 13 doi: 10.1007/s10072-017-3146-8. PMID: 29027589
Management of Pyogenic Cerebral Ventriculitis by Neuroendoscopic Surgery.
Wang F, Yao XY, Zou ZR, Yu HL, Sun T
World Neurosurg 2017 Feb;98:6-13. Epub 2016 Oct 27 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2016.10.103. PMID: 27989973

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Healthcare-associated ventriculitis: current and emerging diagnostic and treatment strategies.
Hasbun R
Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2021 Aug;19(8):993-999. Epub 2020 Dec 24 doi: 10.1080/14787210.2021.1866544. PMID: 33334204
Current Practices of Intraventricular Antibiotic Therapy in the Treatment of Meningitis and Ventriculitis: Results from a Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study.
Lewin JJ 3rd, Cook AM, Gonzales C, Merola D, Neyens R, Peppard WJ, Brophy GM, Kurczewski L, Giarratano M, Makii J, Rowe AS, Tesoro EP, Zaniewski A, Clark S, Ziai WC
Neurocrit Care 2019 Jun;30(3):609-616. doi: 10.1007/s12028-018-0647-0. PMID: 30446934
Management of Pyogenic Cerebral Ventriculitis by Neuroendoscopic Surgery.
Wang F, Yao XY, Zou ZR, Yu HL, Sun T
World Neurosurg 2017 Feb;98:6-13. Epub 2016 Oct 27 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2016.10.103. PMID: 27989973
Surveillance and management of ventriculitis following neurosurgery.
Humphreys H, Jenks PJ
J Hosp Infect 2015 Apr;89(4):281-6. Epub 2015 Jan 29 doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2014.12.019. PMID: 25687249
Intraventricular antibiotics for bacterial meningitis in neonates.
Shah SS, Ohlsson A, Shah VS
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2012 Jul 11;2012(7):CD004496. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004496.pub3. PMID: 22786491Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Healthcare-associated ventriculitis: current and emerging diagnostic and treatment strategies.
Hasbun R
Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2021 Aug;19(8):993-999. Epub 2020 Dec 24 doi: 10.1080/14787210.2021.1866544. PMID: 33334204
Factors and measures predicting external CSF drain-associated ventriculitis: A review and meta-analysis.
Dorresteijn KRIS, Jellema K, van de Beek D, Brouwer MC
Neurology 2019 Nov 26;93(22):964-972. Epub 2019 Oct 28 doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000008552. PMID: 31659095
Ventriculitis associated with extraventricular drainage: etiology, diagnosis and treatment focused on neurocritic care units.
Ulloque-Caamaño L, Mo-Carrascal J, Maraby J, Narvaez-Rojas A, Quintana-Pajaro L, Ramos-Villegas Y, Moscote-Salazar LR
Cir Cir 2019;87(2):230-240. doi: 10.24875/CIRU.18000052. PMID: 30768063
Hydrocephalus in children.
Kahle KT, Kulkarni AV, Limbrick DD Jr, Warf BC
Lancet 2016 Feb 20;387(10020):788-99. Epub 2015 Aug 6 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60694-8. PMID: 26256071
Imaging of meningitis and ventriculitis.
Mohan S, Jain KK, Arabi M, Shah GV
Neuroimaging Clin N Am 2012 Nov;22(4):557-83. Epub 2012 Sep 4 doi: 10.1016/j.nic.2012.04.003. PMID: 23122257

Therapy

Healthcare-associated ventriculitis: current and emerging diagnostic and treatment strategies.
Hasbun R
Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2021 Aug;19(8):993-999. Epub 2020 Dec 24 doi: 10.1080/14787210.2021.1866544. PMID: 33334204
Current Practices of Intraventricular Antibiotic Therapy in the Treatment of Meningitis and Ventriculitis: Results from a Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study.
Lewin JJ 3rd, Cook AM, Gonzales C, Merola D, Neyens R, Peppard WJ, Brophy GM, Kurczewski L, Giarratano M, Makii J, Rowe AS, Tesoro EP, Zaniewski A, Clark S, Ziai WC
Neurocrit Care 2019 Jun;30(3):609-616. doi: 10.1007/s12028-018-0647-0. PMID: 30446934
Infections in Neurocritical Care.
O'Horo JC, Sampathkumar P
Neurocrit Care 2017 Dec;27(3):458-467. doi: 10.1007/s12028-017-0420-9. PMID: 28639000
Surveillance and management of ventriculitis following neurosurgery.
Humphreys H, Jenks PJ
J Hosp Infect 2015 Apr;89(4):281-6. Epub 2015 Jan 29 doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2014.12.019. PMID: 25687249
Ventriculitis of the central nervous system.
Guanci MM
Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am 2013 Sep;25(3):399-406. doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2013.04.005. PMID: 23981456

Prognosis

Dynamic Intracranial Pressure Waveform Morphology Predicts Ventriculitis.
Megjhani M, Terilli K, Kalasapudi L, Chen J, Carlson J, Miller S, Badjatia N, Hu P, Velazquez A, Roh DJ, Agarwal S, Claassen J, Connolly ES Jr, Hu X, Morris N, Park S
Neurocrit Care 2022 Apr;36(2):404-411. Epub 2021 Jul 30 doi: 10.1007/s12028-021-01303-3. PMID: 34331206Free PMC Article
Healthcare-associated ventriculitis: current and emerging diagnostic and treatment strategies.
Hasbun R
Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2021 Aug;19(8):993-999. Epub 2020 Dec 24 doi: 10.1080/14787210.2021.1866544. PMID: 33334204
Factors and measures predicting external CSF drain-associated ventriculitis: A review and meta-analysis.
Dorresteijn KRIS, Jellema K, van de Beek D, Brouwer MC
Neurology 2019 Nov 26;93(22):964-972. Epub 2019 Oct 28 doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000008552. PMID: 31659095
Management of Pyogenic Cerebral Ventriculitis by Neuroendoscopic Surgery.
Wang F, Yao XY, Zou ZR, Yu HL, Sun T
World Neurosurg 2017 Feb;98:6-13. Epub 2016 Oct 27 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2016.10.103. PMID: 27989973
Surveillance and management of ventriculitis following neurosurgery.
Humphreys H, Jenks PJ
J Hosp Infect 2015 Apr;89(4):281-6. Epub 2015 Jan 29 doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2014.12.019. PMID: 25687249

Clinical prediction guides

Dynamic Intracranial Pressure Waveform Morphology Predicts Ventriculitis.
Megjhani M, Terilli K, Kalasapudi L, Chen J, Carlson J, Miller S, Badjatia N, Hu P, Velazquez A, Roh DJ, Agarwal S, Claassen J, Connolly ES Jr, Hu X, Morris N, Park S
Neurocrit Care 2022 Apr;36(2):404-411. Epub 2021 Jul 30 doi: 10.1007/s12028-021-01303-3. PMID: 34331206Free PMC Article
Factors and measures predicting external CSF drain-associated ventriculitis: A review and meta-analysis.
Dorresteijn KRIS, Jellema K, van de Beek D, Brouwer MC
Neurology 2019 Nov 26;93(22):964-972. Epub 2019 Oct 28 doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000008552. PMID: 31659095
Clinical and Laboratory Characteristics for the Diagnosis of Bacterial Ventriculitis After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.
Hoogmoed J, van de Beek D, Coert BA, Horn J, Vandertop WP, Verbaan D
Neurocrit Care 2017 Jun;26(3):362-370. doi: 10.1007/s12028-016-0345-8. PMID: 28004332Free PMC Article
Management of Pyogenic Cerebral Ventriculitis by Neuroendoscopic Surgery.
Wang F, Yao XY, Zou ZR, Yu HL, Sun T
World Neurosurg 2017 Feb;98:6-13. Epub 2016 Oct 27 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2016.10.103. PMID: 27989973
Application of the Ommaya Reservoir in Managing Ventricular Hemorrhage.
Yang XT, Feng DF, Zhao L, Sun ZL, Zhao G
World Neurosurg 2016 May;89:93-100. Epub 2015 Dec 25 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2015.12.040. PMID: 26724628

Recent systematic reviews

Fibrinolytics and Intraventricular Hemorrhage: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
van Solinge TS, Muskens IS, Kavouridis VK, Gormley WB, Mekary RA, Broekman MLD, Arnaout O
Neurocrit Care 2020 Feb;32(1):262-271. doi: 10.1007/s12028-019-00786-5. PMID: 31376141Free PMC Article
Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guideline on Closure of Myelomeningocele Within 48 Hours to Decrease Infection Risk.
Beier AD, Nikas DC, Assassi N, Bauer DF, Blount JP, Durham SR, Flannery AM, Klimo P, McClung-Smith C, Rehring P, Tamber MS, Tyagi R, Mazzola CA
Neurosurgery 2019 Sep 1;85(3):E412-E413. doi: 10.1093/neuros/nyz264. PMID: 31418041
The Role of Intraventricular Antibiotics in the Treatment of Nosocomial Ventriculitis/Meningitis from Gram-Negative Pathogens: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Karvouniaris M, Brotis AG, Tsiamalou P, Fountas KN
World Neurosurg 2018 Dec;120:e637-e650. Epub 2018 Aug 29 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.08.138. PMID: 30172065
Systematic review of efficacy, pharmacokinetics, and administration of intraventricular vancomycin in adults.
Ng K, Mabasa VH, Chow I, Ensom MH
Neurocrit Care 2014 Feb;20(1):158-71. doi: 10.1007/s12028-012-9784-z. PMID: 23090839
Intraventricular antibiotics for bacterial meningitis in neonates.
Shah SS, Ohlsson A, Shah VS
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2012 Jul 11;2012(7):CD004496. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004496.pub3. PMID: 22786491Free PMC Article

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