Successful treatment of extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii ventriculitis with polymyxin B and tigecycline- a case report

Successful treatment of extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii ventriculitis with polymyxin B and tigecycline- a case report

Abstract Background Acinetobacter baumannii nosocomial ventriculitis/meningitis, especially those due to drug-resistant strains, has substantially increased over recent years. However, limited therapeutic options exist for the Acinetobacter baumannii ventriculitis/meningitis because of the poor pene...

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Main Authors: Wei Guo, Shao-Chun Guo, Min Li, Li-Hong Li, Yan Qu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-02-01
Series:Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
Subjects:
Acinetobacter Baumannii
Multidrug resistance
Polymyxin B
Ventriculitis
Intraventricular therapy
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13756-018-0313-5

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