Ventriculostomy-associated infection (VAI) in patients with acute brain injury-a retrospective study.

"Declarations Ethical approvalAll procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. For this type of study, no formal consent is required. The study was approved by the Directors of the Neuroscience Centre and the Departments of Neurosurgery and Neuroanaesthesiology, respectively, at Rigshospitalet (protocol id: 20069795), and approved as a register study from Centre of Regional Development (file number: R-21047752). According to Danish law, no other approval was necessary. Conflict of interestJenny Dahl Knudsen is a part of Regional and national groups making guidelines for antimicrobial therapy. The remaining authors have no conflicts of interest. Conflict of interest Jenny Dahl Knudsen is a part of Regional and national groups making guidelines for antimicrobial therapy. The remaining authors have no conflicts of interest."

"Funding Open access funding provided by National Hospital No funding was received for this research. The salary for Pernille Nielsen was covered by Copenhagen Neuroanaesthesiology and Neurointensive Care Research Group (CONICA)."