Tigecycline Lock Therapy for Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection Caused by KPC-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Two Pediatric Hematological Patients.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
; 59(12): 7919-20, 2015 Dec.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26459892
ABSTRACT
Catheter-related bacteremias carry high mortality rates in hematological patients. When a multidrug-resistant microorganism is involved, the catheter should ideally be removed; however, this approach is not always possible. Tigecycline lock therapy was used in two pediatric oncohematological patients with intravascular catheter-related infection due to KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae. The catheter was salvaged in both cases, and the patients were later discharged. Our experience suggests the usefulness of this approach in treating this type of infection.
Full text:
1
Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Klebsiella Infections
/
Bacteremia
/
Catheter-Related Infections
/
Minocycline
/
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Limits:
Adolescent
/
Female
/
Humans
/
Infant
Language:
En
Journal:
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
Year:
2015
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country: