Case Report
Use of Ceftolozane/Tazobactam in a Case of Septic Shock by Puerperal Sepsis
Table 1
Main clinical events during ICU hospitalization.
| DAY OF HOSPITALIZATION IN ICU | MAIN CLINICAL EVENTS |
| 1 | ICU Admission; start infusion of norepinephrine | 2 | | 3 | Patient’s blood culture test positive for Escherichia coli | 4 | Start of invasive mechanical ventilation; thoracic drainage | 5 | Severe neutropenia (WBC: 0,740 cells/mm3) | 6 | Dehiscence of the surgical wound | 7 | Bronchoalveolar lavage (positivity for Acinetobacter baumannii) | 8 | | 9 | Stop infusion of norepinephrine | 10 | Respiratory weaning and extubation | 11 | | 12 | Diagnosis of motor polyneuropathy | 13 | | 14 | | 15 | Respiratory failure; restart of invasive mechanical ventilation | 16 | Hypotension with restore of norepinephrine infusion | 17 | Severe thrombocytopenia treated with transfusion | 18 | Diagnosis of multiple abdominal abscesses | 19 | Start therapy with ceftolozane/tazobactam | 20 | Exploratory laparotomy with abscesses drainage | 21 | | 22 | Respiratory weaning with extubation; stop norepinephrine infusion | 23 | | 24 | | 25 | ICU Discharge |
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