Multidrug resistant Acinetobacter nosocomial meningitis treated successfully with parenteral tigecycline.
Wadi
Jamal Ahmad
JA
Department of Internal Medicine, Jordan Hospital, Amman, Jordan, and Department of Surgery, Specialty Hospital, Amman, Jordan. jamalwadimd@yahoo.com
Al Rub
Mohammad Abu
MA
D000151:Acinetobacter Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D040981:Acinetobacter baumannii / Q000187:drug effects; D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000188:drug therapy; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008911:Minocycline / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000078304:Tigecycline
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000078304:Tigecycline; D008911:Minocycline