Combination antibiotic therapy for treatment of a patient with infected prosthesis and peri-prosthetic abscess due to Klebsiella pneumoniae harboring New Delhi Metallo (NDM) beta-lactamase

Combination antibiotic therapy for treatment of a patient with infected prosthesis and peri-prosthetic abscess due to Klebsiella pneumoniae harboring New Delhi Metallo (NDM) beta-lactamase

Treatment options for patients infected with multi-drug resistant gram-negative bacteria harboring metallo-beta-lactamases (MBLs) requires precision therapy. We present the case of a 20 year-old male with a right distal femoral peri-prosthetic abscess with presumed infected hardware and osteomyeliti...

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Main Authors: Monica Cespedes Santana, Ting Ting Wong, Carl Urban, Noriel Mariano, Janice Burns, George D. Rodriguez, Elan Goldwyn, Nishant Prasad, Sorana Segal-Maurer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-01-01
Series:IDCases
Subjects:
New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase
Multi-drug resistance
Combination therapy
Infection control
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250922000130

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