Successful treatment of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli bacteremia with tigecycline in an acute myeloid leukemia child

Turk J Pediatr. 2012 Jan-Feb;54(1):59-60.

Abstract

The multidrug-resistant bacterial infections cause high mortality in immunocompromised patients because of the limited antibacterial choices. Tigecycline, first member of the glycylcyclines, has in vitro activity against a wide variety of organisms, including multidrug-resistant pathogens; however, it has not yet been approved for use in children. Herein, we report a nine-year-old girl with acute myeloid leukemia who was treated successfully with tigecycline due to multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli bacteremia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Bacteremia / drug therapy*
  • Child
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
  • Escherichia coli Infections / drug therapy*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / complications*
  • Minocycline / analogs & derivatives*
  • Minocycline / therapeutic use
  • Tigecycline

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Tigecycline
  • Minocycline