Ciprofloxacin in the treatment of Mycobacterium fortuitum infection of the peroneal tendons. A case report
| Autor: | R A Cooke, BL Scurran, T A Binning, J M Karlin, D Klein |
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| Rok vydání: | 1992 |
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medicine.medical_specialty medicine.drug_class Antibiotics Mycobacterium Infections Nontuberculous Erythromycin Tendons Muscular Diseases Ciprofloxacin medicine Tobramycin Humans Leg biology business.industry General Medicine biochemical phenomena metabolism and nutrition bacterial infections and mycoses biology.organism_classification Surgery Serous fluid Amikacin Female Mycobacterium fortuitum Wound healing business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association. 82:382-385 |
| ISSN: | 1930-8264 8750-7315 |
| DOI: | 10.7547/87507315-82-7-382 |
| Popis: | In the case reported, M. fortuitum was sensitive in vitro to amikacin, erythromycin, tobramycin, and ciprofloxacin. Because the patient did not respond to long-term therapy with amikacin and erythromycin, an experimental antibiotic, ciprofloxacin, was tried. Only after extensive surgical debridement and 2 1/2 months of oral ciprofloxacin therapy was the infection eradicated and wound healing obtained. The authors conclude that a wound that has reopened, but remains indolent, exudes a clear, serous drainage and responds poorly to antibiotics should suggest a possible mycobacterial infection. Combination antibiotic therapy is recommended because of the high rate of relapse and development of resistance to drugs. Extensive surgical debridement of all infected tissue remains the primary treatment. The therapeutic value of ciprofloxacin and other newer antibiotics in the treatment of mycobacterial infection is promising. |
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