Medizinische Universität Graz Austria/Österreich - Forschungsportal - Medical University of Graz
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Hoenigl, M; Drescher, M; Feierl, G; Valentin, T; Zarfel, G; Seeber, K; Krause, R; Grisold, A.
Successful management of nosocomial ventriculitis and meningitis caused by extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Austria.
Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol. 2013; 24(3):e88-e90
Doi: 10.1155/2013/613865
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- Führende Autor*innen der Med Uni Graz
- Grisold Andrea
- Hönigl Martin
- Co-Autor*innen der Med Uni Graz
- Feierl Gebhard
- Krause Robert
- Valentin Thomas
- Zarfel Gernot
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- 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.
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