Tigecycline salvage therapy for necrotizing fasciitis caused by Vibrio vulnificus: Case report in a child

J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 2016 Feb;49(1):138-41. doi: 10.1016/j.jmii.2013.04.008. Epub 2013 Jun 14.

Abstract

Necrotizing fasciitis caused by Vibrio vulnificus is rarely reported in children. We describe a 12-year-old immunocompetent boy with necrotizing fasciitis caused by V. vulnificus. He was cured by radical and serial debridement and salvage therapy with intravenous cefpirome plus tigecycline. The in vitro antibacterial activity of combination regimens and a literature review of pediatric V. vulnificus infection are described.

Keywords: Child; Necrotizing fasciitis; Tigecycline; Vibrio vulnificus.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Child
  • Debridement
  • Fasciitis, Necrotizing / drug therapy*
  • Fasciitis, Necrotizing / microbiology
  • Fasciitis, Necrotizing / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Minocycline / analogs & derivatives*
  • Minocycline / therapeutic use
  • Salvage Therapy / methods*
  • Tigecycline
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vibrio Infections / drug therapy*
  • Vibrio Infections / microbiology
  • Vibrio Infections / surgery
  • Vibrio vulnificus / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Tigecycline
  • Minocycline