• Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J. · Sep 2011

    Case Reports

    Meropenem/clavulanate and linezolid treatment for extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis.

    • Nicolas Dauby, Inge Muylle, Françoise Mouchet, Roger Sergysels, and Marie-Christine Payen.
    • Division of Infectious Diseases, CHU Saint-Pierre, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Rue Haute, Brussels, Belgium.
    • Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J. 2011 Sep 1;30(9):812-3.

    AbstractThe combination of meropenem with clavulanate has high antimycobacterial activity in vitro against extensively drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains. We report the successful use of this combination in association with linezolid in the management of an advanced extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis disease with complex second-line drug resistance in a 14-year-old teenager.

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