We report here a fatal case of carbapenem-resistant (CRKP) infections in a renal transplant patient without a travel history in the prior year, from whom 2 genetically different CRKP (sequence type 14 [ST14] and ST2497) strains carrying the same plasmids and antimicrobial resistance genes, including , , , , and (D), were isolated from blood and the abdominal cavity. The isolates were susceptible to colistin, tigecycline, eravacycline, and cefiderocol, which was used to treat the CRKP in combination with ceftazidime-avibactam and polymyxin B and resulted in bacterial clearance. Despite the aggressive treatment, the patient died of ischemic colitis and multiorgan failure.
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Clin Transplant
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Department of Transplant Nephrology, Transplant Surgery Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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Methods: Patients who underwent DMEK at Gangnam Severance Hospital between 2017 and 2024 were included in the study.
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