Acinetobacter meningitis: acquired infection in a neonatal intensive care unit.
- 30 June 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 57 (7) , 557-559
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.57.7.557
Abstract
A cluster of 4 cases of meningitis due to Acinetobacter calcoaceticus var anitratus occurred during a 5-day period in a neonatal intensive care unit. Three of the infants were preterm and all had a history of other medical problems. Initiation of intravenous therapy with carbenicillin was accompanied by clinical recovery and a bacteriological cure. Intensive bacteriological investigation failed to show a common source for the infections.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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