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Cerebrospinal Fluid Research BioMedCentral Research Open Access An experimental in-vivo canine model for adult shunt infection Roger Bayston1, Christine Brant2, Stephen M Dombrowski2, Geraldine Hall3, Marion Tuohy3, Gary Procop3 and Mark G Luciano*2 Address: 1BRIG, Division of Orthopaedic and Accident Surgery, C Floor West Block, Queens Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK, 2Department of Neurosurgery – S80, the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA and 3Department of Clinical Pathology – L40 the Cleveland Clinic Foundation