Brain abscess caused by multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii
2009 ◽
Vol 111
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pp. 306-310
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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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2017 ◽
Vol 5
(3)
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pp. 397-398
2019 ◽
Vol 16
(17)
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pp. 3075
2007 ◽
Vol 29
(4)
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pp. 446-450
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1996 ◽
Vol 1
(6)
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pp. 343-347
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2012 ◽
Vol 33
(6)
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pp. 642-643
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