Combination Therapy of Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMZ) and Eravacycline for Treating Elizabethkingia anophelis-Induced Pulmonary Infections: A Case Report
Qimei Wei, Wenxia Zuo, Rong Cong, Kun Luo, Shanshan Dong · 2024
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Qimei Wei and four co-authors report a hard-to-treat lung infection beaten by a two-drug pairing. Their 2024 case report concerns Elizabethkingia anophelis, a bacterium that preys on the vulnerable and shrugs off many antibiotics. The patient was a young woman who developed the infection after heart surgery, a setting where the wrong first drug choice can prove fatal.
The team treated her with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole together with eravacycline, and the infection cleared. Alongside the case, the report gathers what is known about who falls ill with this organism, how the illness presents, and which treatments have worked. Because the bacterium resists so much of the standard arsenal, the authors stress early suspicion and drug testing over guesswork. They offer the pairing as a reference point for clinicians facing the same rare infection.
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| CREATOR | Qimei Wei, Wenxia Zuo, Rong Cong, Kun Luo, Shanshan Dong |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 21 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |