Postsurgical meningitis due to Acinetobacter baumannii: Study of 22 cases and review of the literature;Meningitis postquirúrgica por Acinetobacter baumannii: Estudio de 22 casos y revisión de la literatura

Revista Clinica Espanola

Volumn 201, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 497-500

  Rodriguez Guardado A ^a   Maradona, J A ^a   Asensi, V ^a   Carton J A ^a   Perez F ^a   Blanco, A ^a   Arribas, J M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; Meningitis; Nosocomial infection

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZTREONAM; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN TUMOR; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CATHETER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEVER; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MENINGITIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKULL FRACTURE;

EID: 17344382367     PISSN: 00142565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2565(01)70895-8     Document Type: Article

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