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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