Antibiotic susceptibility of Gram-negative bacteria in cerebrospinal fluid compared with Mueller-Hinton broth and artificial cerebrospinal fluid
In central nervous system infections, when antimicrobial susceptibility testing in standard media does not result in adequate therapeutic options, we suggest testing the antimicrobial susceptibility of the causative bacterium in human CSF.
Authors
- Utz Reichard
- Marija Djukić (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8572-0231)
- Jana Seele (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2452-965X)
- Katrin Biesner
- Roland Nau
Institutions
- Universitätsmedizin Göttingen (DE)
- Verbundzentrale des GBV (DE)
- Evangelisches Krankenhaus Göttingen-Weende (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents
- Published
- 2026-02-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2026.107730
- Primary Topic
- Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00