Anaerobic sepsis due to multidrug-resistant Bacteroides fragilis: microbiological cure and clinical response with linezolid therapy.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We describe the first reported case of anaerobic sepsis due to Bacteroides fragilis with simultaneous resistance to metronidazole, beta-lactams, beta lactam/beta-lactamase inhibitors, carbapenems, macrolides, and tetracyclines. Microbiological cure and clinical improvement was achieved with linezolid therapy, an agent that may be useful for the treatment of multidrug-resistant anaerobic infections.
Medical subject headings
- Acetamides
- Bacteroides Infections
- Bacteroides fragilis
- Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
- Oxazolidinones
- Sepsis