Two Cases Report of Intrathecal Tigecycline Therapy for Intracranial Infection with Acinetobacter baumannii and Review of Literatures

Abstract

Objective: To explore the treatment scheme for intracranial infection with Acinetobacter baumannii. Methods: We retrospective analyzed two cases of patients of intracranial infection with Acinetobacter baumannii. Results: The intracranial infection was controlled effectively by the scheme to intravenous“tigecycline + cefperazone-sulbactam”combined with intrathecal tigecycline injection, the two patients recover well with 21 months’ follow-up. Conclusions: Tigecycline-based drug scheme combined with intrathecal tigecycline injection can achieve the effect of controlling intracranial infection. Lumbar cisterna drainage tube plays a major role in controlling intracranial infection.