Open AccessPostoperative multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii meningitis successfully treated with intravenous doxycycline and intraventricular gentamicin: A case report
Author(s) -
Xia Wu,
Lu Wang,
Yingzi Ye,
Hui Yu
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v7.i24.4342
Subject(s) - medicine , meningitis , gentamicin , amikacin , meropenem , acinetobacter baumannii , tigecycline , ventriculitis , ceftriaxone , surgery , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , antibiotic resistance , pseudomonas aeruginosa , genetics , bacteria , biology
Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (MDRAB) has emerged as an increasingly important pathogen that causes nosocomial meningitis. However, MDRAB-associated nosocomial meningitis is rarely reported in children.