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 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2011-01-01
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Series: | Case Reports in Pulmonology |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/485952 |
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