First Report of a Case of Pneumococcal Meningitis Which Did Not Respond to the Ceftriaxone Therapy despite the Isolated Organism Being Sensitive to This Antibiotic In Vitro

A 60-year-old man presented with pneumococcal meningitis which did not respond to the ceftriaxone therapy, in spite of in-vitro susceptibility (minimal inhibitory concentration of 0.016 μg/dLit) of the isolated organism to this antibacterial agent, although ceftriaxone is still the drug of choice fo...

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Main Authors: Maryam Mojtabavi, Hamid Reza Naderi, Ashraf Tavanaee Sani, Mahmood Bagheri, Kiarash Ghazvini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Pulmonology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/485952
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