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- Title
Successful tigecycline lock therapy in a Lactobacillus rhamnosus catheter-related bloodstream infection.
- Authors
Bartalesi, F.; Veloci, S.; Baragli, F.; Mantengoli, E.; Guidi, S.; Bartolesi, A.; Mannino, R.; Pecile, P.; Bartoloni, A.
- Abstract
Introduction: Catheter-related bloodstream infections very often involve the premature removal of long-term intravascular devices (LTID). The antibiotic lock therapy (ALT) represents a conservative approach to the treatment of uncomplicated infections of tunneled LTID when catheter removal is not a feasible option. Case report: We present here the first reported case of tunneled LTID bloodstream infection due to a multidrug resistant Lactobacillus rhamnosus. The patient, who had large granular lymphocytic leukemia, was successfully treated with systemic tigecycline therapy and lock therapy. Conclusion: Our results confirm ALT as a valid catheter-salvage strategy for the treatment of CRBSIs in clinically stable patients when catheter removal is not a feasible option, tigecycline appear to be a good option.
- Subjects
ANTIBIOTICS; BACTEREMIA; HEMATOPOIETIC stem cell transplantation; LACTOBACILLUS; GRAM-positive bacterial infections; CATHETER-related infections
- Publication
Infection, 2012, Vol 40, Issue 3, p331
- ISSN
0300-8126
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s15010-011-0196-3