Reduction in morbidity and mortality in neonatal ventriculitis by intraventricular instillation of antibiotics through a ventricular drain

ABSTRACT

A prospective study of 15 consecutive babies treated for ventriculitis and followed up for one year is presented. The criteria for diagnosis is discussed. The role of intraventricular antibiotic in improving the overall prognosis is reported. A new technique of insertion of a ventricular drain is described which reduces the trauma of repeated ventricular punctures and helps to drain the thick pus from the ventricles