Successful Management of Nosocomial Ventriculitis and Meningitis Caused by Extensively Drug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Austria

Successful Management of Nosocomial Ventriculitis and Meningitis Caused by Extensively Drug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Austria

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...

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Main Authors: M Hoenigl, M Drescher, G Feierl, T Valentin, G Zarfel, K Seeber, R Krause, AJ Grisold
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/613865
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spelling doaj-785c10e835074741b9f52c2d3d7892482021-07-02T04:28:30ZengHindawi LimitedCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology1712-95322013-01-01243e88e9010.1155/2013/613865Successful Management of Nosocomial Ventriculitis and Meningitis Caused by Extensively Drug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in AustriaM Hoenigl0M Drescher1G Feierl2T Valentin3G Zarfel4K Seeber5R Krause6AJ Grisold7Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, AustriaSection of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, AustriaInstitute of Hygiene, Microbiology and Environmental Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, AustriaSection of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, AustriaInstitute of Hygiene, Microbiology and Environmental Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, AustriaSection of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, AustriaSection of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, AustriaInstitute of Hygiene, Microbiology and Environmental Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, AustriaNosocomial 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/613865
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G Feierl
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G Zarfel
K Seeber
R Krause
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M Drescher
G Feierl
T Valentin
G Zarfel
K Seeber
R Krause
AJ Grisold
Successful Management of Nosocomial Ventriculitis and Meningitis Caused by Extensively Drug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Austria
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology
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M Drescher
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G Zarfel
K Seeber
R Krause
AJ Grisold
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title Successful Management of Nosocomial Ventriculitis and Meningitis Caused by Extensively Drug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Austria
title_short Successful Management of Nosocomial Ventriculitis and Meningitis Caused by Extensively Drug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Austria
title_full Successful Management of Nosocomial Ventriculitis and Meningitis Caused by Extensively Drug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Austria
title_fullStr Successful Management of Nosocomial Ventriculitis and Meningitis Caused by Extensively Drug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Austria
title_full_unstemmed Successful Management of Nosocomial Ventriculitis and Meningitis Caused by Extensively Drug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Austria
title_sort successful management of nosocomial ventriculitis and meningitis caused by extensively drug-resistant acinetobacter baumannii in austria
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series Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology
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description 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.
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/613865
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