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Endoscopic lavage for antibiotic unresponsive severe Acinetobacter baumanii ventriculitis: an unexplored treatment option

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    Amandeep Kumar, Nitin Verma, Deepak Agrawal & Bhawani S. Sharma

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Kumar, A., Verma, N., Agrawal, D. et al. Endoscopic lavage for antibiotic unresponsive severe Acinetobacter baumanii ventriculitis: an unexplored treatment option. Acta Neurochir 157, 1225–1227 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-015-2443-3

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