| Brain abscess caused by multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii. Case report. | |
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MedLine Citation:
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PMID: 19061347 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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This 24-year-old soldier had a history of polytrauma caused by firearm missiles of a fragmentation weapon. He was referred to the Hospital Militar Central, where multiple shrapnel wounds in the head, face, thorax, and extremities were found. A brain abscess was documented and drained, and a culture grew a multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii. An appropriate antibiotic treatment was started but did not lead to a good response, and the patient died. The clinical course of the illness is presented, as is its treatment and the role of A baumannii as an etiological agent of a brain abscess. To the authors' knowledge, there have been no reported cases in the worldwide literature of brain abscess by this infectious agent. |
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Authors:
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Carlos H Guinand Vives; Guillermo A Monsalve Duarte; Sandra Valderrama Beltr?n; Johanna Osorio Pinz?n |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Case Reports; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of neurosurgery Volume: 111 ISSN: 0022-3085 ISO Abbreviation: J. Neurosurg. Publication Date: 2009 Aug |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2009-08-03 Completed Date: 2009-09-29 Revised Date: 2010-02-09 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0253357 Medline TA: J Neurosurg Country: United States |
Other Details:
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Languages: eng Pagination: 306-10 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital Militar Central, Bogot?, D.C., Colombia. |
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Acinetobacter Infections
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microbiology Acinetobacter baumannii* / drug effects Brain Abscess / microbiology* Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial* Fatal Outcome Humans Male Multiple Trauma / complications Young Adult |
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Comment In:
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J Neurosurg. 2010 Jan;112(1):216; author reply 216-7
[PMID:
20043728
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J Neurosurg. 2010 Feb;112(2):474-5 [PMID: 20121380 ] |
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