Salvage therapy with intravenous fosfomycin plus ceftriaxone for necrotizing fasciitis caused by penicillin-nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae

J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 2018 Aug;51(4):573-574. doi: 10.1016/j.jmii.2016.08.005. Epub 2016 Dec 18.

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan.
² Intensive Care Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Liouying, Taiwan.
³ Medical Research, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Liouying, Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Medical College and Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.
⁵ Department of Internal Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Health and Nutrition, Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Tainan, Taiwan. Electronic address: 8409d1@gmail.com.

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Keywords: ceftriaxone; fosfomycin; necrotizing fasciitis; penicillin nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae; salvage therapy.

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