1. Successful treatment of multiresistant Achromobacter xylosoxidans bacteremia in a child with acute myeloid leukemia.
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Tugcu D, Turel O, Aydogan G, Akcay A, Salcioglu Z, Akici F, Sen H, Demirkaya M, Taskin N, and Gurler N
- Subjects
- Achromobacter denitrificans isolation & purification, Adolescent, Bacteremia microbiology, Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial, Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections microbiology, Humans, Immunocompromised Host, Male, Minocycline administration & dosage, Minocycline analogs & derivatives, Neutropenia pathology, Penicillanic Acid administration & dosage, Penicillanic Acid analogs & derivatives, Piperacillin administration & dosage, Piperacillin, Tazobactam Drug Combination, Tigecycline, Anti-Bacterial Agents administration & dosage, Bacteremia drug therapy, Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections drug therapy, Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute complications
- Abstract
Achromobacter xylosoxidans is an aerobic gram-negative bacillus and important cause of bacteremia in immunocompromised patients. We describe a leukemia pediatric patient with severe neutropenia who developed bacteremia with A xylosoxidans resistant to multiple antibiotics, and treated the patient with tigecycline and piperacillin-tazobactam in addition to supportive medications.
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- 2015
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