Cure of Limb-Threatening XDR Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection: Combining Genome Sequencing, Therapeutic Drug Level Monitoring, and Surgical Debridement.
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Narayanasamy, S; Nation, RL; Mahony, AA; Grayson, ML; Kwong, JC; Sherry, NL; Khumra, S; Ellis, AG; Frauman, AG; Holmes, NE
Published in: Open forum infectious diseases
January 2021
We describe a case of limb-threatening osteomyelitis and metalware infection with carbapenemase-producing extensively drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa successfully cured with aggressive surgical debridement and combined intravenous fosfomycin and colistin. Real-time therapeutic drug monitoring was used to maximize probability of efficacy and minimize potential for toxicity.
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Open forum infectious diseases
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2328-8957
ISSN
2328-8957
Publication Date
January 2021
Volume
8
Issue
1
Start / End Page
ofaa572
Related Subject Headings
- 3207 Medical microbiology
- 3202 Clinical sciences
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Narayanasamy, S., Nation, R. L., Mahony, A. A., Grayson, M. L., Kwong, J. C., Sherry, N. L., … Holmes, N. E. (2021). Cure of Limb-Threatening XDR Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection: Combining Genome Sequencing, Therapeutic Drug Level Monitoring, and Surgical Debridement. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 8(1), ofaa572. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa572
Narayanasamy, Shanti, Roger L. Nation, Andrew A. Mahony, M Lindsay Grayson, Jason C. Kwong, Norelle L. Sherry, Sharmila Khumra, Andrew G. Ellis, Albert G. Frauman, and Natasha E. Holmes. “Cure of Limb-Threatening XDR Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection: Combining Genome Sequencing, Therapeutic Drug Level Monitoring, and Surgical Debridement.” Open Forum Infectious Diseases 8, no. 1 (January 2021): ofaa572. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa572.
Narayanasamy S, Nation RL, Mahony AA, Grayson ML, Kwong JC, Sherry NL, et al. Cure of Limb-Threatening XDR Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection: Combining Genome Sequencing, Therapeutic Drug Level Monitoring, and Surgical Debridement. Open forum infectious diseases. 2021 Jan;8(1):ofaa572.
Narayanasamy, Shanti, et al. “Cure of Limb-Threatening XDR Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection: Combining Genome Sequencing, Therapeutic Drug Level Monitoring, and Surgical Debridement.” Open Forum Infectious Diseases, vol. 8, no. 1, Jan. 2021, p. ofaa572. Epmc, doi:10.1093/ofid/ofaa572.
Narayanasamy S, Nation RL, Mahony AA, Grayson ML, Kwong JC, Sherry NL, Khumra S, Ellis AG, Frauman AG, Holmes NE. Cure of Limb-Threatening XDR Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection: Combining Genome Sequencing, Therapeutic Drug Level Monitoring, and Surgical Debridement. Open forum infectious diseases. 2021 Jan;8(1):ofaa572.
Published In
Open forum infectious diseases
DOI
EISSN
2328-8957
ISSN
2328-8957
Publication Date
January 2021
Volume
8
Issue
1
Start / End Page
ofaa572
Related Subject Headings
- 3207 Medical microbiology
- 3202 Clinical sciences