High dose of intrathecal netilmicin in the treatment of nosocomial Acinetobacter baumannii meningitis

J Infect. 2005 Dec;51(5):420-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2005.02.011.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Acinetobacter Infections / drug therapy*
  • Acinetobacter Infections / etiology
  • Acinetobacter baumannii / isolation & purification*
  • Aged
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage*
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage / surgery
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid / microbiology
  • Craniotomy / adverse effects
  • Cross Infection
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hydrocephalus / etiology
  • Hydrocephalus / surgery
  • Injections, Spinal
  • Meningitis, Bacterial / drug therapy*
  • Meningitis, Bacterial / etiology
  • Netilmicin / administration & dosage*
  • Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Netilmicin