Successful treatment of pan-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii meningitis/ventriculitis following craniotomy and external ventricular drainage: a case report

Healthcare-associated central nervous system infections are a significant complication for patients undergoing neurosurgical interventions. We present a case of a 6-year-old patient with an embryonal tumor of the central nervous system. Following a craniotomy for the resection of the tumor, an external ventricular drainage was placed. Several weeks after surgery, she developed signs of meningism. Cerebrospinal fluid cultures were positive for pan-drug resistant