title: Trial of garlic as an adjunct therapy for multidrug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia in a critically ill infant.
abstract: We present a case of a critically ill infant with severe multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia and bacteremia who was treated with garlic and antibiotics after in vitro demonstration of a change in the resistance pattern via the disc diffusion method on garlic-treated Mueller Hinton agar. To our knowledge, this is the first report of therapeutic garlic use in a critically ill infant in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Baskent University Medical Research and Treatment Center, Oymaci sok. No: 7, Altunizade, Uskudar, Istanbul, Turkey. nyalindag@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Nilufer
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yalindag-Ozturk
authors.forename: Melda
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ozdamar
authors.forename: Pelin
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cengiz
mesh_terms: D016470:Bacteremia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D016638:Critical Illness; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D005737:Garlic; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008517:Phytotherapy; D028321:Plant Preparations / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa
chemical_list: D028321:Plant Preparations