Cefiderocol to manage chronic, multi-drug-resistant Burkholderia cepacia complex infection in a patient with cystic fibrosis : a case report

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In cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, Gram-negative Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc) infections are associated with recurrent pulmonary exacerbations. Bcc organisms are innately resistant to many antibiotics, and infection with B. cenocepacia is a contraindication to lung transplantation. We report a CF patient with severe lung disease, colonized with Bcc, with a history of around nine exacerbations per year for over 10 years, for whom antibiotic regimens (including targeted and broad-spectrum antibiotics) had not cleared infection or extended the interval between exacerbations. After receiving a 2 week cefiderocol-containing regimen, the patient remained stable for more than 5 months without the need for additional antibiotics or hospital admissions for respiratory exacerbations.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:4

Enthalten in:

Access microbiology - 4(2022), 10 vom: 17., Seite acmi000413

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nye, Clemency [VerfasserIn]
Duckers, Jamie [VerfasserIn]
Dhillon, Rishi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Burkholderia cenocepacia
Case Reports
Cefiderocol
Cystic fibrosis
Multi-drug resistance

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Date Revised 24.11.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1099/acmi.0.000413

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NLM349288437