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. 2011 Apr 15;52(8):1020-3.
doi: 10.1093/cid/cir065.

Deep brain stimulation hardware-related infections: a report of 12 cases and review of the literature

Fabien Fily  1 , Claire Haegelen, Pierre Tattevin, Sylvie Buffet-Bataillon, Matthieu Revest, Anne Cady, Christian Michelet
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Deep brain stimulation hardware-related infections: a report of 12 cases and review of the literature

Fabien Fily et al. Clin Infect Dis. .

Abstract

In this monocentric study, the median delay between deep brain stimulation implantation and infection was 28 days (range, 8-820). Infections limited to generator (n = 4) required partial hardware removal, whereas infections involving frontal or retroauricular sites (n = 7) required total removal. Surgical samples yielded Staphylococcus aureus (n = 6), Staphylococcus epidermidis (n = 2), Propionibacterium acnes, and Micrococcus species.

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