Acinetobacter meningitis in post neurosurgical patients: epidemiology, antimicrobial resistance, treatment options and risk factors that predict the outcome.

Introduction: Post-operative meningitis caused by Acinetobacter sp. though a rare occurrence is a serious complication in neurosurgical ICUs. These are opportunistic organisms implicated in hospital-acquired infections. Aim: The aim was to study the epidemiology, the resistance pattern and the risk...

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Publicado en:Canadian Journal of Infection Control / Revue Canadienne de Prévention des Infections Vol. 27; no. 3; pp. 153 - 160
Autores principales: Bhargava, Aradhana, Mishra, Bibhabati, Thakur, Archana, Dogra, Vinita, Loomba, Poonam, Jain, Manisha, Gupta, Sonal, Banerjee, Priyanka, Haider, Mehvash
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Infection Prevention & Control Canada (IPAC Canada) Fall2012
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