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01-04-2015 | Letter to the Editor

Full remission in a patient with catheter-associated ventriculitis due to Acinetobacter baumannii treated with intrathecal and intravenous colistin besides coinfections with other multidrug-resistant bacteria

Authors: Rick Dersch, E. Robinson, L. Beume, S. Rauer, W.-D. Niesen

Published in: Neurological Sciences | Issue 4/2015

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Title: Full remission in a patient with catheter-associated ventriculitis due to Acinetobacter baumannii treated with intrathecal and intravenous colistin besides coinfections with other multidrug-resistant bacteria
Authors: Rick Dersch
E. Robinson
L. Beume
S. Rauer
W.-D. Niesen
Publication date: 01-04-2015
Publisher: Springer Milan
Published in: Neurological Sciences / Issue 4/2015
Print ISSN: 1590-1874
Electronic ISSN: 1590-3478
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-014-2031-y

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Full remission in a patient with catheter-associated ventriculitis due to Acinetobacter baumannii treated with intrathecal and intravenous colistin besides coinfections with other multidrug-resistant bacteria

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