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- Title
A Difficult Case of Ventriculitis in a 40-Year-Old Woman with Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
- Authors
Rubino, Raffaella; Trizzino, Marcello; Pipitò, Luca; Sucato, Giuseppe; Santoro, Marco; Maugeri, Rosario; Iacopino, Domenico Gerardo; Giammanco, Giovanni Maurizio; Siragusa, Sergio; Cascio, Antonio
- Abstract
Ventriculitis and nosocomial meningitis caused by carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative and vancomycin-resistant Gram-positive bacteria represent a growing treatment challenge. A case of ventriculitis and bacteremia caused by carbapenem-resistant, KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a young woman with acute leukemia who was successfully treated with meropenem/vaborbactam (MVB), rifampicin, and linezolid is described in this paper. This case report emphasizes the importance of a multidisciplinary strategy, including infectious focus control, for the treatment of device-associated central nervous system (CNS) infections from multidrug-resistant bacteria. Considering the novel resistance patterns, more research on drug penetration into the central nervous system, as well as on the necessity of association therapies, is needed.
- Subjects
ACUTE myeloid leukemia; KLEBSIELLA infections; ENTEROCOCCAL infections; CENTRAL nervous system infections; ENTEROCOCCUS faecium; CENTRAL nervous system; GRAM-positive bacteria
- Publication
Antibiotics (2079-6382), 2024, Vol 13, Issue 5, p432
- ISSN
2079-6382
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/antibiotics13050432