Multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae mediastinitis safely and effectively treated with prolonged administration of tigecycline

Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Jun 15;46(12):1932-3. doi: 10.1086/588557.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial*
  • Humans
  • Klebsiella Infections / drug therapy*
  • Klebsiella Infections / microbiology*
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / drug effects*
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / isolation & purification
  • Male
  • Mediastinitis / drug therapy*
  • Mediastinitis / microbiology*
  • Middle Aged
  • Minocycline / analogs & derivatives*
  • Minocycline / pharmacology
  • Minocycline / therapeutic use
  • Tigecycline
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Tigecycline
  • Minocycline