Successful treatment of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli bacteremia with tigecycline in an acute myeloid leukemia child.

نویسندگان

  • Halil Ozdemir
  • Ergin Ciftçi
  • Adem Karbuz
  • Gülşah Oktay
  • Derya Aysev
  • Gülsan Yavuz
  • Erdal Ince
چکیده

The multidrug-resistant bacterial infections cause high mortality in immunocompromised patients because of the limited antibacterial choices. Tigecycline, first member of the glycylcyclines, has in vitro activity against a wide variety of organisms, including multidrug-resistant pathogens; however, it has not yet been approved for use in children. Herein, we report a nine-year-old girl with acute myeloid leukemia who was treated successfully with tigecycline due to multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli bacteremia.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Turkish journal of pediatrics

دوره 54 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2012