Successful Management of Nosocomial Ventriculitis and Meningitis Caused by Extensively Drug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Austria. Issue 3 (2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hoenigl, M; Drescher, M; Feierl, G; Valentin, T; Zarfel, G; Seeber, K; Krause, R; Grisold, AJ
• Is Part Of: Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology =. Volume 24:Issue 3(2013)
• Page Start: e88
• Page End: e90
• Publication Date: 2013
• Subjects: Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; Infection -- Periodicals; Communicable diseases; Infection; Communicable Diseases; Communicable Disease Control; Electronic journals; Periodicals; Fulltext; Internet Resources; Periodicals; 616.9
• DOI: 10.1155/2013/613865
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1712-9532

Abstract

Abstract : Nosocomial infections caused by the Gram-negative coccobacillus Acinetobacter baumannii have substantially increased over recent years. Because Acinetobacter is a genus with a tendency to quickly develop resistance to multiple antimicrobial agents, therapy is often complicated, requiring the return to previously used drugs. The authors report a case of meningitis due to extensively drug-resistant A baumannii in an Austrian patient who had undergone neurosurgery in northern Italy. The case illustrates the limits of therapeutic options in central nervous system infections caused by extensively drug-resistant pathogens.