Open AccessIsolation of Acinetobacter baumannii from cerebrospinal fluid following craniotomy
Author(s) -
Nageshwari R Gandham,
Neeta Gupta,
Savita Jadhav,
Rabindra Nath Misra
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
medical journal of dr. d y patil university/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) - isolation (microbiology) , craniotomy , acinetobacter baumannii , cerebrospinal fluid , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , surgery , bacteria , 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