Successful treatment of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii ventriculitis with intrathecal and intravenous colistin

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 957-960

  de pascale, G ^a   Pompucci, A ^a   Maviglia, R ^a   Spanu, T ^a   Bello, G ^a   Mangiola, A ^a   Scoppettuolo, G ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; Colistin; Ependymoma

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE DERIVATIVE; COLISTIN; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; TIGECYCLINE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; BRAIN VENTRICULITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPHAGIA; EPENDYMOMA; FEVER; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETHARGY; LIQUORRHEA; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOCYTOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PULMONARY ASPIRATION; RELAPSE; TRACHEOTOMY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOMITING;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL VENTRICULITIS; COLISTIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; EPENDYMOMA; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 78649467951     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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