Multidrug resistant Aeromonas infection following medical leech therapy: A case report and development of a joint antimicrobial stewardship and infection prevention protocol

Multidrug resistant Aeromonas infection following medical leech therapy: A case report and development of a joint antimicrobial stewardship and infection prevention protocol

Objective: Aeromonas sp. infections are a recognized complication of medical leech therapy (MLT). In patients requiring MLT, ciprofloxacin or trimethoprim–sulphamethoxazole are commonly used to prevent such nosocomial infections. After a patient at our institution developed a MLT-associated multi-dr...

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Main Authors: Mary Clare Masters, Aakash R. Gupta, Nathaniel J. Rhodes, John P. Flaherty, Teresa R. Zembower, Mohammed Alghoul, Karen M. Krueger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-12-01
Series:Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance
Subjects:
Multidrug resistance
Aeromonas
Medical leech therapy
Antimicrobial stewardship
Infection prevention
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213716520302721

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