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Postsurgical meningitis due to multiresistant Acinetobacter baumannii successfully treated with high doses of ampicillin/sulbactam combined with rifampicin and fosfomycin

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We report a case of postsurgical meningitis caused by multiresistant Acinetobacter baumannii successfully treated with high doses of ampicillin/sulbactam combined with rifampicin and fosfomycin.

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  1. Bacteriology-Virology-Hygiene Laboratory, University Hospital, Paris-Seine-Saint-Denis, Avicenne Hospital, 125, rue de Stalingrad, 93009, Bobigny Cedex, France

    Guillaume Mellon, Bertrand Picard & Françoise Jauréguy

  2. Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital, Paris-Seine-Saint-Denis, Avicenne Hospital, Bobigny Cedex, France

    Christophe Clec’h & Yves Cohen

  3. UMR-S 722, INSERM, 75018, Paris, France

    Bertrand Picard & Françoise Jauréguy

  4. Sorbonne Paris City, UMR-S 722, Xavier Bichat Medical School, Paris Nord University, 75018, Paris, France

    Bertrand Picard & Françoise Jauréguy

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Mellon, G., Clec’h, C., Picard, B. et al. Postsurgical meningitis due to multiresistant Acinetobacter baumannii successfully treated with high doses of ampicillin/sulbactam combined with rifampicin and fosfomycin. J Infect Chemother 18, 958–960 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10156-012-0404-9

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