Extensively drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa ventriculitis and meningitis treated with intrathecal colistin

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 93-94

  Karagoz, Gul ^a,b   Kadanali, Ayten ^a   Dede, Behiye ^a   Sahin, Omer Torun ^a   Comoglu, Senol ^a   Altug, Sevda Babacan ^a   Naderi, Sait ^a  

^a UMRANIYE TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Infeksiyon Hastaliklari Ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Servisi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; COLISTIN;

ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; BRAIN VENTRICULITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; EPIDERMOID TUMOR; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MENTAL DISEASE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; VENTRICULOSTOMY CATHETER; YOUNG ADULT;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEREBRAL VENTRICULITIS; COLISTIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84890790424     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: 18727913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2013.09.007     Document Type: Letter

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