Nosocomial infections caused by the Gram-negative coccobacillus Acinetobacter baumannii have substantially increased over recent years. Because Acinetobacter is a genus with a tendency to quickly develop resistance to multiple antimicrobial agents, therapy is often complicated, requiring the return to previously used drugs. The authors report a case of meningitis due to extensively drug-resistant A baumannii in an Austrian patient who had undergone neurosurgery in northern Italy. The case illustrates the limits of therapeutic options in central nervous system infections caused by extensively drug-resistant pathogens.

中文翻译：

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在奥地利成功治疗了由广泛耐药鲍曼不动杆菌引起的院内脑室炎和脑膜炎。


近年来，由革兰氏阴性球菌鲍曼不动杆菌引起的医院感染大幅增加。由于不动杆菌属容易对多种抗菌药物快速产生耐药性，因此治疗通常很复杂，需要重新使用以前使用过的药物。作者报告了一名在意大利北部接受神经外科手术的奥地利患者因广泛耐药鲍曼不动杆菌而患上脑膜炎的病例。该病例说明了广泛耐药病原体引起的中枢神经系统感染的治疗选择的局限性。