%0 Journal Article
%T CARBAPENEM-RESISTANT ACINETOBACTER BAUMANII POSTOPERATIVE MENINGITIS
%A Laura Ghibu
%A Egidia Miftode
%A Olivia Dorneanu
%A Carmen Dorobat
%J Jurnalul de Chirurgie
%D 2011
%I University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi
%X Acinetobacter baumannii is an opportunistic pathogen of increasing relevance in hospital infections during the last 15 years.This organism causes a wide range of infection .Extensive use of antibiotics within hospitals has contribute to the emergence of multidrug-resistent A.baumannii strains that exhibit resistance to a wide range of antibiotics ,including carbapenems.We report the case of an 37 years old man diagnosed with Acinetobacter multidrug-resistant post-neurosurgical meningitis with fatal outcome.
%K POSTOPERATIVE MENINGITIS
%K MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII
%U http://www.jurnaluldechirurgie.ro/jurnal/docs/jurnal111/art%2016_vol%207_2011_nr%201.pdf