Cefiderocol treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii retained spinal hardware infection causing reversible acute interstitial nephritis: Recto: Cefiderocol causing acute interstitial nephritis.

Int J Infect Dis

Department of Infectious Diseases, Immunology and Sexual Health, St George Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; St George and Sutherland Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Published: August 2021

Infections with extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (XDRAB) have limited therapeutic options. We report successful salvage treatment of XDRAB and Pseudomonas aeruginosa-infected retained spinal hardware with cefiderocol, despite the development of reversible acute interstitial nephritis after 32 days of treatment.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2021.06.035DOI Listing

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