Isolation of Acinetobacter baumannii from cerebrospinal fluid following craniotomy | Zendy

NageshwariR Gandham | Zendy; Neetu Gupta | Zendy; Savita Jadhav | Zendy; R. N. Misra | Zendy

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Isolation of Acinetobacter baumannii from cerebrospinal fluid following craniotomy

Author(s) -

NageshwariR Gandham,

Neetu Gupta,

Savita Jadhav,

R. N. Misra

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

medical journal of dr d y patil university

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2278-7119

pISSN - 0975-2870

DOI - 10.4103/0975-2870.103347

Subject(s) - medicine , acinetobacter baumannii , amikacin , craniotomy , microbiology and biotechnology , isolation (microbiology) , drug resistance , acinetobacter , cerebrospinal fluid , antibiotics , surgery , bacteria , biology , pseudomonas aeruginosa , genetics

Central nervous system infection due to multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii is being increasingly reported. Here we report a case of infection by multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii following a craniotomy for biparietal epidermoid. The organism, in vitro, showed multi-drug resistance, which was confirmed by automated identification and susceptibility system. However the patient responded to a combination of Amikacin and Cefotaxim therapy. Multiple drug resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii is mostly plasmid mediated; hence, the case report emphasizes the importance of the identification and susceptibility testing of any non-fermented isolate from clinical samples

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