Tigecycline salvage therapy for necrotizing fasciitis caused by Vibrio vulnificus: Case report in a child.

Authors :: Lin YS
Hung MH
Chen CC
Huang KF
Ko WC
Tang HJ
Source :: Journal of microbiology, immunology, and infection = Wei mian yu gan ran za zhi [J Microbiol Immunol Infect] 2016 Feb; Vol. 49 (1), pp. 138-41. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Jun 14.
Publication Year :: 2016
Abstract: Necrotizing fasciitis caused by Vibrio vulnificus is rarely reported in children. We describe a 12-year-old immunocompetent boy with necrotizing fasciitis caused by V. vulnificus. He was cured by radical and serial debridement and salvage therapy with intravenous cefpirome plus tigecycline. The in vitro antibacterial activity of combination regimens and a literature review of pediatric V. vulnificus infection are described.<br /> (Copyright © 2013. Published by Elsevier B.V.)

Subjects :: Child
Debridement
Fasciitis, Necrotizing microbiology
Fasciitis, Necrotizing surgery
Humans
Male
Minocycline therapeutic use
Tigecycline
Treatment Outcome
Vibrio Infections microbiology
Vibrio Infections surgery
Anti-Bacterial Agents therapeutic use
Fasciitis, Necrotizing drug therapy
Minocycline analogs & derivatives
Salvage Therapy methods
Vibrio Infections drug therapy
Vibrio vulnificus isolation & purification

Language :: English
ISSN :: 1995-9133
Volume :: 49
Issue :: 1
Database :: MEDLINE
Journal :: Journal of microbiology, immunology, and infection = Wei mian yu gan ran za zhi
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 23751766
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmii.2013.04.008

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