Acinetobacter baumannii meningitis in post-neurosurgical patients: Clinical outcome and impact of carbapenem resistance [17]

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 197-199

  Metan, Gokhan ^a   Alp, Emine ^a   Aygen, Bilgehan ^a   Sumerkan, Bulent ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

A. baumannii; Carbapenem resistant; Meningitis

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MONOTHERAPY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; CARBAPENEMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 34447566035     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkm181     Document Type: Letter

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