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Successful treatment of KPC-MDR septic shock with ceftazidime-avibactam in a pediatric critically ill patient

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Ceftazidime–avibactam is a combination agent consisting of the β-lactamase inhibitor avibactam and the broad-spectrum cephalosporin ceftazidime. There are no published case reports or studies evaluating the use of CAZ-AVI in… Click to show full abstract

Ceftazidime–avibactam is a combination agent consisting of the β-lactamase inhibitor avibactam and the broad-spectrum cephalosporin ceftazidime. There are no published case reports or studies evaluating the use of CAZ-AVI in pediatric critically ill patients. We report a case of a successful treatment of septic shock due to Klebsiella pneumonie (KP) in a 14-years-old boy (body weight 50 kg) admitted in intensive care unit (ICU).

Keywords: ceftazidime avibactam; pediatric critically; successful treatment; critically ill; ceftazidime; avibactam

Journal Title: IDCases
Year Published: 2019

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