Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus hepatic abscess treated with tigecycline

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 967-968

  Khanna, Nitish ^a   Inkster, T ^a  

^a WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDATE SODIUM; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TIGECYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HUMANS; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; MINOCYCLINE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 49149097845     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2008.056689     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. Chi C, Kuo B, Fung CP, Liu CY. Community-acguired methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus liver abscess in a patient with end-stage renal disease. J Microbiol Immunol Infect 2004;37:124-6.
2. Johannsen EC, Madoff LD. Infections of the liver and biliary system. In: Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolin R. Principles and practice of infectious disease. 6th edn. Philadelphia: Churchill Livingstone, 2000, chapter 69.
3. Levison MA, Zeigler D. Correlation of APACHE II score, drainage technigue and outcome in post-operative intra-abdominal abscess. Am J Surg 1991;161:593-5.
4. Manaco M, Estrada B, Wilson F, et al. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus hepatic abscess in a patient with sickle cell disease. Int Jnl Lab Hem 2007;29:474-7.
5. Munoz-Price LS, Lolans K, Quinn JP. Four cases of invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections treated with tigecycline. Scand J Infect Dis 2006;38:1081-84.
6. Saner FH, Heuer M, Rath PM, et al. Successful salvage therapy with tigecycline after linezolid failure in a liver transplant recipient with MRSA pneumonia. Liver Transpl 2006;12:1689-92.
7. Smith BM, Zyromski NJ, Allison DC. Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus liver abscess requiring resection. Surgery 2007; 141:110-1.
8. Tan NWH, Sriram B, Tan-Kendrick AP, et al. Neonatal hepatic abscess in preterm infants: A rare entity? Ann Acad Med Singapore 2005;34:558-64.
9. Soriano A, Marco F, Martinez JA, et al. Influence of vancomycin inhibitory concentration on the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. Clin Infect Dis 2008;46:193-200.
10. Pea F, Viale P. Should the currently recommended twice-daily dosing still be considered the most appropriate regimen for treating MRSA ventilator associated pneumonia with vancomycin. Clin Pharmacokinet 2008;47:147-52.