Following the COVID-19 infection, the sternum dislocation and wound dehiscence resulted in an infection complicating the recovery of an immunosuppressed patient after bilateral lung transplantation. Anaerobic culture (96 h) of milky cloudy wound secretion resulted in the growth of pinpoint haemolytic colonies identified as Metamycoplasma hominis (formerly Mycoplasma hominis). The search for the endogenous source of the infection found the bacterium exclusively in the patient's sputum, making a possible link to donor lung M.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe aim of this prospective PK study was to evaluate the pharmacokinetics of ciprofloxacin dosed within the first 36 h (early phase) and after 3 days of treatment (delayed phase) using individual and population PK analysis. The secondary aim of the study was to evaluate possible dosing implications of the observed PK differences between early and delayed phases to achieve a PK/PD target for ciprofloxacin of AUC/MIC ≥ 125. Blood concentrations of ciprofloxacin (1 and 4 h after dose and trough) were monitored in critically ill adults in the early and delayed phases of the treatment.
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