Amikacin and colistin for treatment of Acinetobacter baumannii meningitis

Eric J. Fulnecky; Donald Wright; W. Michael Scheld; Lama Kanawati; Shmuel Shoham

doi:10.1016/j.jinf.2005.04.003

Amikacin and colistin for treatment of Acinetobacter baumannii meningitis

Eric J. Fulnecky, Donald Wright, W. Michael Scheld, Lama Kanawati, Shmuel Shoham

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Abstract

We report a case of a 52-year-old man with post-surgical meningitis due to a multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii. Despite therapy with intravenous amikacin and imipenem the meningitis progressed. Upon institution of combination therapy with amikacin by the intravenous and intrathecal (IT) routes, and intravenous colistin the patient experienced successful clinical and microbiological outcomes.

Original language	English (US)
Journal	Journal of Infection
Volume	51
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2005.04.003
Publication status	Published - Dec 2005
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii
Amikacin
Colistin
Intrathecal
Meningitis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Microbiology
Parasitology
Virology
Immunology and Allergy
Infectious Diseases

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Fulnecky, E. J., Wright, D., Scheld, W. M., Kanawati, L., & Shoham, S. (2005). Amikacin and colistin for treatment of Acinetobacter baumannii meningitis. Journal of Infection, 51(5). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2005.04.003

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