“…Clinical success with meropenem or intratecal aminoglycosides has been reported in individuals who failed to conventional therapy [10e13]. Meropenem shows good activity, has a significant post-antibiotic effect against P. aeruginosa [14], is well tolerated in high doses [15,16] and has been successfully used to treat multiresistant P. aeruginosa meningitis [10,11,17]. Because this diagnosis is rare, controlled trials of antimicrobial agents are not possible.…”