Background: Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii), a gram-negative bacterium, has now
become an important hospital pathogen, which causes various serious nosocomial …

Acinetobacter baumannii is an important cause of postneurosurgical meningitis. The
emergence of carbapenem-resistant strains in this setting has caused a therapeutic …

Background: Intra-cranial infection with Acinetobacter baumannii is a tough problem
because of the presence of multi-resistance and poor drug penetration through the blood …

Aim: To increase our understanding of the clinical characteristics of nosocomial meningitis
caused by Acinetobacter baumannii and provide a basis for improving its treatment …

Acinetobacter baumannii may cause meningitis and ventriculitis, particularly after head
trauma and/or neurosurgery. The rate of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter meningitis has …

Nosocomial meningitis is an uncommon complication of neurosurgical procedures, although
nosocomial Gram-negative bacillary meningitis does occur occasionally in neurosurgical …

Abstract Introduction The incidence of Acinetobacter baumannii meningitis, which typically
occurs after neurosurgery, has increased in recent years. Pediatric Acinetobacter baumannii …

INTRODUCTION: Post-neurosurgical nosocomial meningitis has become an important
subgroup of bacterial meningitis in the hospital setting. The increase in meningitis caused by …

This article reports six cases of nosocomial Acinetobacter baumannii meningitis in patients
who had undergone neurosurgical procedures with placing of external ventricular drains …

Meningitis is an uncommon complication in neurosurgery, regardless of the frequency of
dural tears, with an average infection rate of 0.40%(0.28% after craniotomy and 1.2% after …