Full remission in a patient with catheter-associated ventriculitis due to Acinetobacter baumannii treated with intrathecal and intravenous colistin besides coinfections with other multidrug-resistant bacteria

Neurol Sci. 2015 Apr;36(4):633-4. doi: 10.1007/s10072-014-2031-y. Epub 2014 Dec 11.

Authors

Rick Dersch¹, E Robinson, L Beume, S Rauer, W-D Niesen

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Freiburg, Breisacher Str. 64, 79106, Freiburg, Germany, [email protected].

PMID: 25501805
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-014-2031-y

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter
Review

MeSH terms

Acinetobacter Infections / complications*
Acinetobacter Infections / drug therapy
Acinetobacter Infections / etiology*
Acinetobacter baumannii / drug effects
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
Cerebral Ventriculitis / etiology*
Coinfection*
Colistin / pharmacology
Colistin / therapeutic use*
Drug Resistance, Multiple / drug effects
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Colistin