Acinetobacter baumannii resistant to colistin alters its antibiotic resistance profile: A case report from Spain

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 204, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1147-1148

  López Rojas, Rafael ^a   Jiménez Mejías, Manuel Enrique ^a   Lepe, José Antonio ^a   Pachón, Jerónimo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; GENTAMICIN; GLUCOSE; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; MINOCYCLINE; PIPERACILLIN; RIFAMPICIN; SULBACTAM; TICARCILLIN; TIGECYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LETTER; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XANTHOCHROMIA;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLISTIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE;

EID: 80052408400     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jir476     Document Type: Letter

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