Abstract
We report a 15 year-old Nigerian adolescent male with chronic osteomyelitis caused by an extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain of sequence type 773 (ST773) carrying blaNDM-1 and an extended spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae strain. The patient developed neurological side effects in the form of circumoral paresthesia with polymyxin B and asymptomatic elevation of transaminases with aztreonam (used in combination with ceftazidime-avibactam). Cefiderocol treatment for 14 weeks plus bone implantation resulted in apparent cure and avoided amputation.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | e01872-19 |
Journal | Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy |
Volume | 64 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2020 |
Keywords
- Cefiderocol
- Chronic osteomyelitis
- ESBL-producing klebsiella pneumoniae
- Pediatric
- XDR pseudomonas aeruginosa
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pharmacology
- Pharmacology (medical)
- Infectious Diseases