Are Ommaya shunt infection rates low in craniopharyngioma patients?

Tumours are generally associated with a high rate of infections. More so for craniopharyngiomas which may have cranial hardware which increases the infection risk. We have however observed that in reality, cystic fluid shunts in craniopharyngioma patients have an unusually low infection rate, someti...

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Main Authors: Luxwell Jokonya, Aaron Musara, Tariro Mduluza-Jokonya, Ignatius Esene
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAMJ 2020-10-01
Series:PAMJ Clinical Medicine
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Online Access: https://www.clinical-medicine.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/4/61/pdf/61.pdf