Successful treatment of gram-negative bacillary meningitis with imipenem/cilastatin

Kassandra Rodriguez; Gordon M. Dickinson; Richard L. Greenman

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Successful treatment of gram-negative bacillary meningitis with imipenem/cilastatin

Kassandra Rodriguez, Gordon M. Dickinson, Richard L. Greenman

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Abstract

A patient with meningitis caused by a strain of Acinetobacter anitratus that was resistant to all commercially available antibiotics was treated with imipenem/cilastatin administered intravenously in a dose of 1 gm of imipenem every six hours. The minimal inhibitory concentration of imipenem against the isolate was ≤0.04 μg/ml. The patient tolerated the drug well and was cured after 12 days of therapy.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	731-732
Number of pages	2
Journal	Southern medical journal
Volume	78
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/00007611-198506000-00028
State	Published - Jun 1985

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Rodriguez, K., Dickinson, G. M., & Greenman, R. L. (1985). Successful treatment of gram-negative bacillary meningitis with imipenem/cilastatin. Southern medical journal, 78(6), 731-732. https://doi.org/10.1097/00007611-198506000-00028

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