Successful ertapenem-doripenem combination treatment of bacteremic ventilator-associated pneumonia due to colistin-resistant KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2013 Jun;57(6):2900-1. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00188-13. Epub 2013 Apr 9.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Bacteremia / drug therapy*
  • Bacteremia / microbiology
  • Carbapenems / pharmacology
  • Carbapenems / therapeutic use*
  • Colistin / pharmacology
  • Doripenem
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial*
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Ertapenem
  • Humans
  • Klebsiella Infections / drug therapy
  • Klebsiella Infections / microbiology
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / drug effects*
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / enzymology
  • Male
  • Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / drug therapy*
  • Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / microbiology
  • Treatment Outcome
  • beta-Lactams / pharmacology
  • beta-Lactams / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Carbapenems
  • beta-Lactams
  • Doripenem
  • Ertapenem
  • Colistin