Ventriculitis from Acinetobacter calcoaceticus variant anitratus.
Ventriculitis from infection with Acinetobacter calcoaceticus variant anitratus occurred in an infant two weeks after surgical repair of a lumbosacral meningomyelocele and ventriculoperitoneal shunting. Recovery took place on replacing the shunt with an extraventricular deviation device and giving gentamicin and ampicillin intravenously.
D000151:Acinetobacter Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D000667:Ampicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D005260:Female; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008591:Meningomyelocele / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications
D005839:Gentamicins; D000667:Ampicillin