====== Acinetobacter baumannii ventriculitis ======
//J.Sales-Llopis//

//Neurosurgery Department, University General Hospital of Alicante, Foundation for the Promotion of Health and Biomedical Research in the Valencian Region (FISABIO), Alicante, Spain//

Even though [[meningitis]] caused by [[Acinetobacter baumannii]] is relatively rare, it is associated with high mortality rates especially in neurosurgery patients and represents a serious therapeutic problem due to the limited penetration of effective antibiotics into the cerebrospinal fluid. 

Multidrug-resistant [[Acinetobacter baumannii]] [[ventriculitis]] is a serious clinical challenge for neurosurgeons
((Ganjeifar B, Zabihyan S, Baharvahdat H, Baradaran A. Multidrug-resistant
Acinetobacter baumannii ventriculitis: a serious clinical challenge for
neurosurgeons. Br J Neurosurg. 2016 Jul 8:1-2. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID:
27387018.
)).

===== Diagnosis =====

[[Acinetobacter baumannii ventriculitis diagnosis]].

===== Treatment =====

[[Acinetobacter baumannii ventriculitis treatment]].


====Case series=====

see [[Acinetobacter baumannii ventriculitis case series]].

===== Case reports =====

see [[Acinetobacter baumannii ventriculitis case reports]].