Case Report
Add-On Therapy with Ertapenem in Infections with Multidrug Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria: Pediatric Experience
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of patients and features of resistant microorganisms.
| | Age | Underlying diagnosis | Clinical syndrome | Site of cultivation | Microorganism | Antibiotic sensitivity profile | MPM/MIC | ERT/MIC | AMK/MIC | CPR/MIC | TGC/MIC |
| Case 1 | 3 moa | Infantile hemochromatosis | Bacteremia | Blood culture | Klebsiella pneumoniae | R/>6 | R/>8 | IR/16 | R/>2 | S/1 | Case 2 | 3 yoa | Operated tetralogy of Fallot | Bacteremia | Blood culture | Klebsiella pneumoniae | R/>32 | R/>32 | R/>64 | R/>4 | R/>2 | Case 3 | 8 moa | Primary hemophagocytic syndrome (after bone marrow transplantation) | Bacteremia | Blood culture | Klebsiella pneumoniae | R/>32 | R/>32 | R/>64 | R/>4 | S/2 |
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MPM: meropenem; ERT: ertapenem; AMK: amikacin; TGC: tigecycline; CPR: ciprofloxacin; R: resistant; S: sensitive; IR: intermediate resistance; MIC: minimum inhibitory concentration (mg/L); yoa: years of age; moa: months of age.
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