title: Successful management of nosocomial ventriculitis and meningitis caused by extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Austria.
abstract: Nosocomial infections caused by the Gram-negative coccobacillus Acinetobacter baumannii have substantially increased over recent years. Because Acinetobacter is a genus with a tendency to quickly develop resistance to multiple antimicrobial agents, therapy is often complicated, requiring the return to previously used drugs. The authors report a case of meningitis due to extensively drug-resistant A baumannii in an Austrian patient who had undergone neurosurgery in northern Italy. The case illustrates the limits of therapeutic options in central nervous system infections caused by extensively drug-resistant pathogens.
authors.affiliation: Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria ; Division of Pulmonology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hoenigl
authors.affiliation: Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Drescher
authors.affiliation: Institute of Hygiene, Microbiology and Environmental Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Feierl
authors.affiliation: Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Valentin
authors.affiliation: Institute of Hygiene, Microbiology and Environmental Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zarfel
authors.affiliation: Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Seeber
authors.affiliation: Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Krause
authors.affiliation: Institute of Hygiene, Microbiology and Environmental Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: Aj
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grisold
keywords: Acinetobacter baumannii; Colistin; Meningitis; Multidrug resistance