Successful treatment of multidrug resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae using dual carbapenem regimen in immunocompromised patient

Successful treatment of multidrug resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae using dual carbapenem regimen in immunocompromised patient

This report describes a longitudinal case of immunocompromised patient post kidney transplant who was admitted to our institution repeatedly for treatment of various infections caused by multi-drug resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae. The patient was successfully treated with a combination of ertapenem/...

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Main Authors: Wasim S. El Nekidy, Mohamad Y. Mooty, Nizar Attallah, Lyssette Cardona, Maria Fernanda Bonilla, Islam M. Ghazi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-01-01
Series:IDCases
Subjects:
Carbapenem resistant
Klebsiella Pneumoniae
Double carbapenem regimen
Imunocompromised
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250917300902

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