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Case Report

Successful Treatment of Serious Meningitis Caused by Extremely Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacter cloacae (MIC≥16mg/L) with i.v. Meropenem and i.v. Amikacin Plus Intraventricular Amikacin

Zheng He1 Department of Neurosurgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University (Qingdao), Qingdao, People’s Republic of ChinaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2357-1936
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Chengcheng Wang2 Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University (Qingdao), Qingdao, People’s Republic of China
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Bin Liu1 Department of Neurosurgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University (Qingdao), Qingdao, People’s Republic of China
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Maoyan Feng2 Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University (Qingdao), Qingdao, People’s Republic of China
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Zhigang Wang1 Department of Neurosurgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University (Qingdao), Qingdao, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 3765-3770 | Published online: 02 Dec 2019

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