| Literature DB >> 36148162 |
Francesco Colombo1, Ali Waheed1, Sandro Panese2, Claudio Scarparo3, Maria Solinas3, Saverio Giuseppe Parisi1, Nicholas Geremia2.
Abstract
We report the case of successful use of cefiderocol (FDC) in a Carbapenemase Producing K. pneumoniae (CPKP) post-surgical meningitis in a 44-year-old man treated with antimicrobial therapy and external ventricular drainage (EVD). The patient was known for being colonised by CPKP; for this reason, therapy with ceftazidime/avibactam (CZA) plus fosfomycin and linezolid was started. After an initial response a CZA resistant CPKP strain was isolated from CSF culture, so the antibiotic therapy was modified to FDC with trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole for 14 days, and EVD was replaced. A complete recovery was obtained. This is the first case report describing FDC administration in CPKP meningitis.Entities:
Keywords: Klebsiella pneumoniae; carbapenemase; cefiderocol; enterobacterales; meningitidis
Year: 2022 PMID: 36148162 PMCID: PMC9448310 DOI: 10.53854/liim-3003-15
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infez Med ISSN: 1124-9390