Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter meningitis in a 3-year-old boy treated with i.v. colistin

Pediatrics International

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 584-585

  Lee, Soo Y ^a   Lee, Jae W ^a   Jeong, Dae C ^a   Chung, Seung Y ^a   Chung, Dong S ^a   Kang, Jin H ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter; Colistin; Imipenem; Multidrug resistance; Nosocomial meningitis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZTREONAM; CEFEPIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; SULTAMICILLIN;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEVER; HUMAN; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEUROIMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SYMPTOM;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLISTIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 50249151913     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2008.02677.x     Document Type: Article

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