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 ¹⁾.

Acinetobacter baumannii ventriculitis diagnosis.

Acinetobacter baumannii ventriculitis treatment.

see Acinetobacter baumannii ventriculitis case series.

see Acinetobacter baumannii ventriculitis case reports.