Successful treatment of multicompartmental cerebral ventriculitis caused by Acinetobacter baumanii
| Autor: | Dom E. Mahoney, Mahableshwar Albur, David G. Porter |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_specialty biology business.industry 030106 microbiology Nosocomial pathogens Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Acinetobacter medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Intrathecal Cerebral Ventriculitis Hydrocephalus 03 medical and health sciences Infectious Diseases Full recovery medicine Ventriculitis Subarachnoid haemorrhage Intensive care medicine business |
| Zdroj: | IDCases, Vol 11, Iss C, Pp 1-2 (2018) |
| ISSN: | 2214-2509 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.idcr.2017.11.005 |
| Popis: | We present a case report of a 58-year- old woman with subarachnoid haemorrhage complicated by non-communicating hydrocephalus. During the course of her neurosurgical management, she developed external-ventricular drain associated ventriculitis which in turn was complicated by lack of communication between third and fourth ventricles. The causative organism was a fully-sensitive Acinetobacter baumanii, a nosocomial pathogen often associated with complicated treatment regimens and poor outcomes. This patient was successfully managed by a multi-disciplinary team involving neurosurgeons, neuroradiologists and infection specialists. Patient made a full recovery following double CSF diversion and intravenous plus intrathecal antimicrobial therapy. |
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