title: Postsurgical meningitis due to multiresistant Acinetobacter baumannii               successfully treated with high doses of ampicillin/sulbactam combined with rifampicin and fosfomycin.
abstract: We report a case of postsurgical meningitis caused by multiresistant Acinetobacter baumannii successfully treated with high doses of ampicillin/sulbactam combined with rifampicin and fosfomycin.
authors.affiliation: Bacteriology-Virology-Hygiene Laboratory, University Hospital, Paris-Seine-Saint-Denis, Avicenne Hospital, 125 Rue de Stalingrad, 93009 Bobigny Cedex, France. guillaume_mellon@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: Guillaume
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mellon
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Clec'h
authors.forename: Bertrand
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Picard
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: Françoise
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jauréguy
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000151:Acinetobacter Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D040981:Acinetobacter baumannii / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000328:Adult; D000667:Ampicillin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D005578:Fosfomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D012293:Rifampin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013407:Sulbactam / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D005578:Fosfomycin; C035444:sultamicillin; D000667:Ampicillin; D013407:Sulbactam; D012293:Rifampin