A case of liver abscess caused by tigecycline-nonsusceptible Klebsiella pneumoniae

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 621-622

  Yang, Han Sian ^a   Fang, Wen Liang ^a,b   Lin, Yi Tsung ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; MINOCYCLINE; TIGECYCLINE;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER ABSCESS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

CEFTRIAXONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER ABSCESS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MINOCYCLINE;

EID: 84969930798     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: 19959133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2016.04.010     Document Type: Letter

References (5)

1. 1 Wu, P.F., Chang, Y.Y., Lin, Y.T., Wang, F.D., Chan, Y.J., Fung, C.P., Clinical characteristics and economic consequence of Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess in Taiwan. J Microbiol Immunol Infect 48 (2015), 190–197.
2. 2 Lin, W.H., Tseng, C.C., Wu, A.B., Yang, D.C., Cheng, S.W., Wang, M.C., et al. Clinical and microbiological characteristics of peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae in southern Taiwan. J Microbiol Immunol Infect 48 (2015), 276–283.
3. 3 Hsueh, P.R., Wu, J.J., Teng, L.J., Chen, Y.C., Yang, P.C., Ho, S.W., et al. Primary liver abscess caused by one clone of Klebsiella pneumoniae with two colonial morphotypes and resistotypes. Emerg Infect Dis 8 (2002), 100–102.
4. 4 Lin, Y.T., Wang, F.D., Chan, Y.J., Fu, Y.C., Fung, C.P., Clinical and microbiological characteristics of tigecycline non-susceptible Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteremia in Taiwan. BMC Infect Dis, 14, 2014, 1.
5. 5 Sheng, Z.K., Hu, F., Wang, W., Guo, Q., Chen, Z., Xu, X., et al. Mechanisms of tigecycline resistance among Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 58 (2014), 6982–6985.