Carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae intra-abdominal infection successfully treated with ceftazidime/avibactam plus tigecycline
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Mariana Guedes; Raquel Duro; Telma Fonseca; Isabel Abreu; Nuno Rocha-Pereira
- Source
- IDCases, Vol 20, Iss , Pp e00745- (2020)
- Subject
- Intra-abdominal infection
Carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae
Ceftazidime/avibactam
Tigecycline
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2214-2509
Ceftazidime/avibactam combines ceftazidime with a new beta-lactam that successfully that inhibits Amber Class A and D carbapenemases.We report a clinical case of a 61 year-old man with a carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae intra-abdominal infection after an elective abdominal hernia repair. The infection was successfully managed with multiple abdominal surgeries, drainage and combined antibiotic therapy with ceftazidime/avibactam plus tigecycline.