2024
DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics13050432
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A Difficult Case of Ventriculitis in a 40-Year-Old Woman with Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Raffaella Rubino,
Marcello Trizzino,
Luca Pipitò
et al.

Abstract: Ventriculitis and nosocomial meningitis caused by carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative and vancomycin-resistant Gram-positive bacteria represent a growing treatment challenge. A case of ventriculitis and bacteremia caused by carbapenem-resistant, KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a young woman with acute leukemia who was successfully treated with meropenem/vaborbactam (MVB), rifampicin, and linezolid is described in this paper. This case report emphasizes the im… Show more

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