Successful treatment of extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii ventriculitis and meningitis with intraventricular colistin after application of a loading dose: A case series

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 480-483

  Karaiskos, Ilias ^a   Galani, Lambrini ^a   Baziaka, Fotini ^a   Katsouda, Emmanouela ^a   Ioannidis, Ioannis ^a   Andreou, Alexandros ^a   Paskalis, Harry ^a   Giamarellou, Helen ^a  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter; Colistin; Intraventricular; Meningitis; Ventriculitis

Indexed keywords

COLISTIN;

ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BRAIN VENTRICULITIS; CASE STUDY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEREBRAL VENTRICULITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COLISTIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84876291212     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: 18727913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2013.02.010     Document Type: Article

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