Compassionate Use of Cefiderocol to Treat a Case of Prosthetic Joint Infection Due to Extensively Drug-Resistant <i>Enterobacter hormaechei</i>

Compassionate Use of Cefiderocol to Treat a Case of Prosthetic Joint Infection Due to Extensively Drug-Resistant <i>Enterobacter hormaechei</i>

We report the case of a 67-year old man with a right knee prosthetic joint infection due to extensively drug-resistant <i>Enterobacter hormaechei</i>. The resistance phenotype was due to the overproduction of the intrinsic cephalosporinase (ACT-5) associated with the production of three...

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Main Authors: Soline Siméon, Laurent Dortet, Frédérique Bouchand, Anne-Laure Roux, Rémy A. Bonnin, Clara Duran, Jean-Winoc Decousser, Simon Bessis, Benjamin Davido, Grégory Sorriaux, Aurélien Dinh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-08-01
Series:Microorganisms
Subjects:
cefiderocol
prosthetic joint infection
antibiotic
bacterial resistance
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/8/8/1236

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