Successful treatment with doripenem of ventriculitis due to Achromobacter xylosoxidans
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Successful treatment with doripenem of ventriculitis due to Achromobacter xylosoxidans.
A 29-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with complaints of headache, dizziness and nausea. There was a history of spina bifida and placement of ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt in early childhood. One month prior to the current admission there was replacement of a VP shunt with a new system because of a mechanical malfunction. At that time there were no clinical signs of infection and c...
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عنوان ژورنال: QJM
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1460-2725,1460-2393
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcs048