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J Microbiol Immunol Infect · Dec 2007
Case ReportsSuccessful treatment of meningitis caused by multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii with intravenous and intrathecal colistin.
- Yu-Huai Ho, Lih-Shinn Wang, Hui-Jen Chao, Kia-Chich Chang, and Chain-Fa Su.
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital and Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan. yuhuai@tzuchi.com.tw
- J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 2007 Dec 1;40(6):537-40.
AbstractMultidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii is an emergent nosocomial pathogen. A 61-year-old woman developed meningitis caused by MDRAB 27 days after receiving a surgical intervention for invasive meningioma. The patient failed to respond to high doses of meropenem and sulbactam treatment and the organism persisted in the cerebrospinal fluids for two months. The regimen was changed to intravenous and intrathecal colistin for 28 days and the patient responded well. Administration of colistin both intravenously and intrathecally could be a suitable option as a salvage therapy for meningitis due to multidrug-resistant A. baumannii.
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