Successful treatment of ventriculitis due to carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii with intraventricular colistin sulfomethate sodium

Clin Infect Dis. 1999 Apr;28(4):916-7. doi: 10.1086/517243.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acinetobacter / drug effects*
  • Acinetobacter Infections / drug therapy*
  • Acinetobacter Infections / microbiology
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Brain Diseases / drug therapy
  • Brain Diseases / microbiology
  • Carbapenems / pharmacology*
  • Central Nervous System Bacterial Infections / drug therapy
  • Central Nervous System Bacterial Infections / microbiology
  • Cerebral Ventricles / microbiology*
  • Colistin / analogs & derivatives*
  • Colistin / therapeutic use
  • Drug Resistance, Microbial
  • Encephalitis / drug therapy*
  • Encephalitis / microbiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Injections, Intraventricular
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Carbapenems
  • colistinmethanesulfonic acid
  • Colistin