Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter meningitis in neurosurgical patients with intraventricular catheters: assessment of different treatments | Zendy

Azucena Rodríguez-Guardado | Zendy; A. Blanco | Zendy; Víctor Asensi | Zendy; Francisco A. Perez | Zendy; Juan C. Burguillo | Zendy; Vicente Pintado | Zendy; Eduardo Bustillo | Zendy; M. Lantero | Zendy; E. Tenza | Zendy; Mónica Carbajales-Álvarez | Zendy; J. A. Maradona | Zendy; J. A. Cartón | Zendy

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Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter meningitis in neurosurgical patients with intraventricular catheters: assessment of different treatments

Author(s) -

Azucena Rodríguez-Guardado,

A. Blanco,

Víctor Asensi,

Francisco A. Perez,

Juan C. Burguillo,

Vicente Pintado,

Eduardo Bustillo,

M. Lantero,

E. Tenza,

Mónica Carbajales-Álvarez,

J. A. Maradona,

J. A. Cartón

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkn018

Subject(s) - medicine , colistin , meningitis , acinetobacter baumannii , sulbactam , antibiotics , acinetobacter , ampicillin , surgery , antibiotic resistance , imipenem , microbiology and biotechnology , pseudomonas aeruginosa , genetics , bacteria , biology

The treatment of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii meningitis is a serious therapeutic problem due to the limited penetration of antibiotics into the CSF. We describe the clinical features and the outcome of a group of patients with nosocomial neurosurgical meningitis treated with different therapeutic options.

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