Nosocomial postneurosurgical acinetobacter baumannii meningitis: A retrospective study of six cases admitted to hamad general hospital, Qatar

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 176-179

  Khan, F Y ^a   Abukhattab, M ^a   Baager, K ^a  

^a HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

Author keywords

A. baumannii; External ventricular drainages; Nosocomial meningitis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CARBAPENEM; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TIGECYCLINE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGITIS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; OPERATION DURATION; QATAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; QATAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 84855991756     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2011.08.021     Document Type: Article

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