Primary retroperitoneal abscesses due to Rhodococcus equi in a patient with severe nephrotic syndrome: successful antibiotic treatment with linezolid and tigecycline

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Russo, Gianluca ^a   Lichtner, Miriam ^a   Carnevalini, Martina ^a   Mascellino, Maria Teresa ^a   Mengoni, Fabio ^a   Oliva, Alessandra ^a   Miccoli, Ginevra Azzurra ^a   Iannetta, Marco ^a   Trinchieri, Vito ^a   Massetti, Anna Paola ^a   Mastroianni, Claudio Maria ^a   Vullo, Vincenzo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Linezolid; Nephrotic syndrome; Retroperitoneal abscess; Rhodococcus; Tigecycline

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN; DEXAMETHASONE; IMIPENEM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; MOXIFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; TIGECYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BROTH DILUTION; CASE REPORT; CATHETER REMOVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENCEPHALITIS; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LONG TERM CARE; LOW BACK PAIN; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIMARY INFECTION; PROTEINURIA; RELAPSE; RETROPERITONEAL ABSCESS; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; SEIZURE; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ACETAMIDES; ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MINOCYCLINE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; OXAZOLIDINONES; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952243515     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.06.021     Document Type: Article

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