Acinetobacter baumanii Meningitis: A Rare Complication of Incidental Durotomy

Journal of Spinal Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 115-116

  deFreitas, Dorian Joseph ^a   McCabe, John P ^a  

^a Merlin Park University Hospital   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFOTAXIME; FLUCLOXACILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBAPENEM; CIPROFLOXACIN; DURA MATER TEAR; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LUMBAR SPINE; MENINGITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DURA MATER; DUROTOMY; HEADACHE; INCIDENTAL FINDING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ADULT; DISKECTOMY; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 1842631061     PISSN: 08950385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00024720-200404000-00007     Document Type: Article

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