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- Title
Successful Salvage Therapy Including Tigecycline for Pediatric Mycobacterium abscessus Mastoiditis.
- Authors
Bell, Katherine J.; Adams, Daniel J.; Brietzke, Scott; Spencer, Steven E.
- Abstract
The article presents a case of pediatric Mycobacterium abscessus mastoiditis resistant to standard treatments, emphasizing the importance of considering M. abscessus in treatment-resistant chronic otitis media and mastoiditis, especially in children with tympanostomy tubes. Topics include challenges in diagnosing M. abscessus infections, treatment strategies, and the effectiveness of tigecycline in multidrug regimens.
- Subjects
MYCOBACTERIAL disease diagnosis; MYCOBACTERIUM; MASTOIDITIS; CEREBROSPINAL fluid otorrhea; BIOPSY; CORYNEBACTERIUM diseases; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; COMBINATION drug therapy; INTRAVENOUS therapy; PERIPHERALLY inserted central catheters; ANTI-infective agents; SURGICAL complications; TREATMENT effectiveness; TIGECYCLINE; MIDDLE ear ventilation; MYCOBACTERIAL diseases; SALVAGE therapy; COMPUTED tomography; DRUG resistance in microorganisms; MEDICAL instrument maintenance; AZITHROMYCIN; IMIPENEM; ANTIBIOTICS; CHILDREN
- Publication
Clinical Pediatrics, 2024, Vol 63, Issue 3, p300
- ISSN
0009-9228
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1177/00099228231176244