Prolonged Use of Ertapenem to Treat Infected Diabetic Foot Ulcers

We present the case of a diabetic man who was successfully treated with ertapenem for over 4 months for severe infection of his foot ulcers. After initial unsuccessful treatment with empirical intravenous antibiotics, ertapenem was started on microbiology advice and led to a marked improvement in th...

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Autores principales: Algudkar, Ashwin, Ellis, Gidon, Ahmad, Fareeduddin, Tindall, Hilary
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2948897/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20936155
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/149591
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Ahmad, Fareeduddin
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description We present the case of a diabetic man who was successfully treated with ertapenem for over 4 months for severe infection of his foot ulcers. After initial unsuccessful treatment with empirical intravenous antibiotics, ertapenem was started on microbiology advice and led to a marked improvement in the soft-tissue infection. Ertapenem was continued for a total of 137 days under close clinical and biochemical monitoring and produced a complete resolution of the foot infection. This is the first documented case that we know of in which ertapenem has been safely used for this duration of time.
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spelling pubmed-29488972010-10-08 Prolonged Use of Ertapenem to Treat Infected Diabetic Foot Ulcers Algudkar, Ashwin Ellis, Gidon Ahmad, Fareeduddin Tindall, Hilary Case Rep Med Case Report We present the case of a diabetic man who was successfully treated with ertapenem for over 4 months for severe infection of his foot ulcers. After initial unsuccessful treatment with empirical intravenous antibiotics, ertapenem was started on microbiology advice and led to a marked improvement in the soft-tissue infection. Ertapenem was continued for a total of 137 days under close clinical and biochemical monitoring and produced a complete resolution of the foot infection. This is the first documented case that we know of in which ertapenem has been safely used for this duration of time. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2010 2010-09-28 /pmc/articles/PMC2948897/ /pubmed/20936155 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/149591 Text en Copyright © 2010 Ashwin Algudkar et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Prolonged Use of Ertapenem to Treat Infected Diabetic Foot Ulcers
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title_full Prolonged Use of Ertapenem to Treat Infected Diabetic Foot Ulcers
title_fullStr Prolonged Use of Ertapenem to Treat Infected Diabetic Foot Ulcers
title_full_unstemmed Prolonged Use of Ertapenem to Treat Infected Diabetic Foot Ulcers
title_short Prolonged Use of Ertapenem to Treat Infected Diabetic Foot Ulcers
title_sort prolonged use of ertapenem to treat infected diabetic foot ulcers
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