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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

Accuracy of heparin-binding protein for the diagnosis of nosocomial meningitis and ventriculitis.
Kong Y, Ye Y, Ma J, Shi G
Crit Care 2022 Mar 8;26(1):56. doi: 10.1186/s13054-022-03929-x. PMID: 35260175Free PMC Article
Use of Clustering to Investigate Changes in Intracranial Pressure Waveform Morphology in Patients with Ventriculitis.
Megjhani M, Terilli K, Kaplan A, Wallace BK, Alkhachroum A, Hu X, Park S
Acta Neurochir Suppl 2021;131:59-62. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-59436-7_13. PMID: 33839819Free 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
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
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

Diagnosis

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
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
Acute bacterial meningitis--early diagnosis and complications.
Aneja S
Indian J Pediatr 2015 Apr;82(4):303-5. Epub 2015 Feb 17 doi: 10.1007/s12098-015-1689-3. PMID: 25683076
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

Accuracy of heparin-binding protein for the diagnosis of nosocomial meningitis and ventriculitis.
Kong Y, Ye Y, Ma J, Shi G
Crit Care 2022 Mar 8;26(1):56. doi: 10.1186/s13054-022-03929-x. PMID: 35260175Free PMC Article
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
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

Accuracy of heparin-binding protein for the diagnosis of nosocomial meningitis and ventriculitis.
Kong Y, Ye Y, Ma J, Shi G
Crit Care 2022 Mar 8;26(1):56. doi: 10.1186/s13054-022-03929-x. PMID: 35260175Free PMC Article
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

Recent systematic reviews

Systematic review and meta-analysis of intraventricular antibiotics for neonatal meningitis and ventriculitis.
Valdivia DAP, Pérez EAH, Vega LRZ, García JMH, Herrera KV
Childs Nerv Syst 2024 Apr;40(4):1019-1030. Epub 2023 Nov 28 doi: 10.1007/s00381-023-06240-4. PMID: 38015250
Intrathecal or intraventricular antimicrobial therapy for post-neurosurgical Gram-negative bacillary meningitis or ventriculitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Li MT, Wu QQ, Li JB, Chen JS
Int J Antimicrob Agents 2024 Jan;63(1):107033. Epub 2023 Nov 13 doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2023.107033. PMID: 37967659
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
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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