Multidrug resistant Acinetobacter nosocomial meningitis treated successfully with parenteral tigecycline.
Department of Internal Medicine, Jordan Hospital, Amman, Jordan, and Department of Surgery, Specialty Hospital, Amman, Jordan. jamalwadimd@yahoo.com
Jamal Ahmad
JA
Wadi
Mohammad Abu
MA
Al Rub
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