Clostridium difficile ribotype 033 colitis in a patient following broad-spectrum antibiotic treatment for KPCproducing Klebsiella pneumoniae infection, Italy.
This report describes a case of Clostridium difficile ribotype 033 colitis in a patient treated with multiple antibiotics for KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae pancreatitis. Diagnostic, clinical and therapeutic features are discussed. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of C. difficile ribotype 033 clinical infection reported from Italy.
Microbiology Unit, Clinical Pathology Department, dell'Angelo Hospital, Venezia-Mestre, Italy.
Stefano
S
Grandesso
Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, Italy.
Fabio
F
Arena
Infectious Diseases Unit, dell'Angelo Hospital, Venezia-Mestre, Italy.
Franklin Esoka
FE
Eseme
Infectious Diseases Unit, dell'Angelo Hospital, Venezia-Mestre, Italy.
Sandro
S
Panese
Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, Italy.
Lucia
L
Henrici De Angelis
Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-Mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
Patrizia
P
Spigaglia
Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-Mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
Fabrizio
F
Barbanti
Microbiology Unit, Clinical Pathology Department, dell'Angelo Hospital, Venezia-Mestre, Italy.|Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Italy.|Clinical Microbiology an.
Gian Maria
GM
Rossolini
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016360:Clostridioides difficile; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000378:metabolism*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001618:beta-Lactamases
Antibiotic-associated colitis; Antimicrobials; Binary toxin; Carbapenemases